Psychologists have the idea that certain ways of thinking can cause some mental health problems such as phobias. Phobia is defined as a fear or a fear anomaly. A phobia is an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger. Common phobias and fears include closed-in places, heights, highway driving, snakes etc. There are different types of phobia. There are several types phobia such as fear of the dog, fear of speaking or fear of heights. Some people have panic out of the elevator and never use the elevator. Fear of phobia is very strong, probably more confidential and sometimes is not very important. Phobia is an extreme fear, but differ from each other because the phobia is physical, continues for a long time and the person himself is not able to control. As a result you have great difficulty in social situations, which can affect your day-to-day life. I can tell you that taught phobia when you're a child, so afraid of the water, the dog or height. When you are adults also may have fear of the past or the future. Finally, we can say that phobia learned during human life and is treatable.
(6)Many people have a fear or two, for example, mice or go to the beach. So many people put a lot of importance and this brings about changes in their lives that may seem insignificant, but if you look in the complex phobia brings substantial changes in the lives of these people. For most people, these fears are small.(2) Sometime when fear becomes so severe that they cause great distress and interfere with your normal life, they enter your life and should be treated.(9) The good news is that phobias can be managed and healed. Self-help strategies and therapies to a psychologist can help you overcome your fears and start living the life you want. (11)As soon as understanding phobia, the first step is to overcoming it. (3) It’s important to know that phobias are common. (5) Having a phobia doesn’t mean you’re crazy! It also helps to know that phobias are highly treatable. You can overcome your anxiety and fear, no matter how out of control it feels. (8) Since phobias are common, we know, but they do not always cause significant concern. For
How would behavioural treatments be used to treat a psychological disorder, anxiety? Anxiety is a reaction caused by a stimulus that an individual is afraid of and can cause a number of symptoms, raised heart rate, high blood pressure, sweating etc. A way in which anxiety can be caused is by a phobia. A phobia is an irrational fear of an object or situation. Behaviourists state that if we are able to learn a phobia, then it can be unlearnt. One way in which the behaviourist deals with helping an…
mental illness, phobias. A phobia is an irrational fear of a situation, animal, place, or thing that cause anxiety and distress in the person life. When confronted with such situation the individual could suffer enormous amounts of stress that is disrupts their day to day lives and activities (Medical). Phobias impact both men and women but about 7% of men are affected and 9% of women annually. The phobias that are most common are social and anxiety phobias and not so much individual phobias (Share). Also…
Although a fear causes great discomfort for someone a phobia takes the fear to extremity and although they have its similarities too, a fear can be completely different. Fears are amongst almost everyone but “According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 8.7% of people, or about 19.2 million people or American adults, suffer from one or specific phobias” . Yes, a fear is something one is scared of but it is not as severe as a phobia. A fear is defined as an emotion induced by a threat…
Agoraphobia: How anxiety leads to staying inside Megan Finke Battle Creek Public School Abstract People that have anxiety and phobias often experience panic attacks, which can lead to agoraphobia. There were different causes for anxieties that helped people to have agoraphobia. It also showed what symptoms show up when the person is having anxiety. There are also risk factors for people prone to having anxiety. There are different types of phobias that lead to agoraphobia…
it was estimated in 2011 that 8.1% and 18.1% of all ages of Americans suffer from phobias. About 50 million people in the United States live with some sort of phobia. A phobia is a kind of anxiety disorder where the sufferer has a dread of a living creature, a certain situation, place or thing. The brief anxiety we may feel before giving a speech or taking a test is far less drastic than someone suffering from a phobia. This anxiety can cause a long lasting, intense psychological and physical reaction…
Phobias and Addiction Paper In this paper you will find out about phobias and addictions and how the relate to operant and classical conditions. It will explain how phobias are related to classical conditions, and how addictions are related to operant conditions. When reading this paper you will be able to see the difference between operant and classical conditions. It will also explain what extinction mean and how it is achieved in both classical and operant conditioning. A phobia in term…
Phobias and Addictions Paper Candice Blackstock PSY/300 Jennifer Murphy October 27, 2014 Introduction Phobias and Addictions are behavioral issues that affect every aspect of our society. In this paper it will be discussed how phobias can be developed through classical conditioning, how addictions can be developed through operant conditioning, distinguish between classical and operant conditioning, and explain what extinction means and how it is achieved in both classical and operant…
Evaluation of Behaviourist Explanations Page 7: Treatment of OCD using the behaviourist approach Evaluating a behaviourist approach’s treatment Typical behaviour and symptoms of phobia Evaluation of the psychoanalytical model Page 8: Treatment of Phobias using the psychoanalytical model Evaluation into treating phobias using the psychoanalytical model Schizophrenia Typical behaviour and symptoms of a schizophrenic A person with normal functioning brain allows us to manage…
extent if we encounter whatever our fears are. In this research of mine, I want to find out the true meaning of fear and how us humans face it, or control it. Depending on how serious your fear is, fears are also known has phobias. Phobias are types of fears for certain struggles people face. Some are highly serious and others are not. Throughout my search, I want to discover how the human brain controls our reaction to fears and if our brains are able to release the struggle we face to overcome our…
speech it forces me to get rid of my fears. The reason I find Social Phobia Disorder so interesting is because as nervous as I am to get up and do a speech in front of a group of people, I am always able to do it. To be so terrified of embarrassing myself in front of people and to lock myself in my home and refuse to come out, or even quit school because I could not pass public speaking would be horrific. Trying to understand how these people feel is really hard for me to comprehend on such an exaggerated…
