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A phobia is an intense fear reaction to a particular thing or a situation. With a phobia, the fear is out of proportion to the potential danger. But to the person with the phobia, the danger feels real because the fear is so very strong.
What are 3 possible effects of phobias?
All phobias can limit your daily activities and may cause severe anxiety and depression. Complex phobias, such as agoraphobia and social phobia, are more likely to cause these symptoms. People with phobias often purposely avoid coming into contact with the thing that causes them fear and anxiety.
What is it called when you dont like holes?
“Trypophobia” reportedly first appeared on a web forum in 2005. It’s one of many fears of harmless things, like chaetophobia, a fear of hair, or microphobia, a fear of small things. People with trypophobia have a strong physical and emotional reaction whenever they see patterns made up of holes or spots.
What does it mean to have a phobia of something?
Though many people with phobias realize that their worry is unrealistic or unwarranted, feelings of fear and anxiety persist and seem unmanageable, leaving sufferers feeling out of control. Specific Phobia: Going to extreme lengths to avoid an activity or object because of fear of danger or harm.
What’s the difference between a phobia and a fear response?
They perceive their fear responses as negative and go out of their way to avoid those responses. A phobia is a twisting of the normal fear response. The fear is directed toward an object or situation that does not present a real danger. Though you recognize that the fear is unreasonable, you can’t help the reaction.
What are some of the most common phobias?
A few of the most common specific phobias include: Arachnophobia: fear of spiders Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes Acrophobia: fear of heights Cynophobia: fear of dogs Astraphobia: fear of thunder and/or lightning Trypophobia: fear of holes Aerophobia: fear of flying Xenophobia: fear of the unknown or unfamiliar (such as foreigners)
How does an object become a phobia object?
One important thing to remember is that virtually any object can become a fear object. The names of specific phobias are often formed as nonce words, or words coined for a single occasion only. These names themselves are often formed by taking a Greek prefix that represents the fear object and adding the -phobia suffix.