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Getting over a Phobia: The Crucial Role of Social Support
Social support, having people who are supportive in one’s life, can be really helpful in handling a phobia. Someone with a phobia has to deal with a lot of anxiety and having supportive people in in’s...
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Definition of Claustrophobia: Fear of Being Trapped in Enclosed Spaces
Claustrophobia is an intense fear of being confined to a small space and having no escape, such as in elevators, caves, and windowless rooms. It is comprised from the Latin word “claustrum” (shut into...
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Real Voices: The Development of My Phobia – Claustrophobia
MN is a 25-year-old single female living in a large city. Until recently she was having a normal life and not aware of any strange or peculiar phobic emotions. On one occasion whilst she was traveling...
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Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are periods of intense fear that are of sudden onset and of variable duration of minutes to hours. They are most commonly exhibited after an individual encounters an object or a situation...
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Definition of Arachnophobia: Fear of Spiders
Arachnophobia is an intense and irrational fear of arachnids, typically its used to describe a fear of spiders. The word is comprised from the two Greek words “arachne” (spider) and “phobos” (fear)....
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Definition of Caligynephobia: Fear of Beautiful Women
Caligynephobia is an intense fear of beautiful women. The term is comprised by three Greek words: “cali” (beauty) , “gyne” (woman), and “phobos” (fear). This fear of beautiful women is also sometimes...
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Real Voices: My Fear of Choking and Phobia of Swallowing Pills
Helen is a person who suffers from pnigophobia, or a phobia or fear of choking, and phagophobia, a fear of swallowing. This is also referred to as psychogenic dysphagia when someone has a difficult...
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Agoraphobia: Definition, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by an intense fear of being in situations, such as open public spaces, where the person thinks it is difficult to escape or get help. Agoraphobia...
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Definition of Hemophobia: Fear of Blood
Hemophobia is an intense fear of blood. The word is comprised from the two Greek words “hema” (blood) and “phobos” (fear). This fear of blood is also known as hematophobia and hemaphobia. If a person...
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Definition of Acrophobia: Fear of Heights
Acrophobia is an intense fear of heights. It is comprised from the Greek words “acro” (at the edge) and “phobos” (fear). Acrophobia is classified as a natural environment type specific phobia within...
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