Phobia- What is it

A phobia is a strong fear of something. Such fears can be very common. Those who suffer, usually very strongly want to avoid (keep away from)

what they fear. People with arachnophobia, for example, are scared of spiders, and want to keep away from the places where they might find

spiders.

A Phobia is different from normal fear in many ways:

The fear(Phobia) is much too strong, given the situatation

The fear lasts much longer than necessary

Those suffering from the phobia cannot explain why they suffer from it. They also cannot influence the fear; this makes coping with the fear

difficult for them.

Phobias have a direct influence on the life of the sufferers

Those suffering from phobia will be much more reluctant to contact new people

It is hard to tell how many people suffer from phobias; numbers indicate though that between 5 and 13 percent seem to have a phobia. Women

suffer from phobias about twice as often.

There are different ways to help people with phobias. There is treatment available; it focuses on making the patient less sensitive to the fear they

suffer from, or showing him or her how the cycle of fear works

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