Phobias are included under anxiety disorders. Phobias are avoidances that involve inhibiting fears about an object or situation that are not proportional to the danger and are recognized as meaningless by the person experiencing it.
The word phobia is based on the ancient Greek god 'Phobos', who frightened his enemies. Then, to define each of them, ancient Greek words related to that situation and object were placed in front of the word phobia. Such as claustrophobia, arachnophobia, acrophobia.
The term phobia generally emphasizes that the person experiences impairments in social or professional functions due to subjective distress or anxiety.
Specific phobias; It is an unreasonable fear of specific objects or situations. The most common phobias are; animals, blood, heights, traveling by plane, being confined, and thunder.
It may occur as a panic attack caused by exposure to one of these stimuli or as a more generalized form of anxiety, but this anxiety is always directed towards something specific. . (But they may also worry about what they might do when confronted with the things they fear: fainting, panicking, losing control). In general, the closer you get to the fear-provoking stimulus (the more difficult it is to get away), the worse it feels.
More than one specific phobia can coexist.
You are about to encounter fear-arousing activities or objects. A person with this condition will immediately feel tense or panicked. This situation is called anticipatory anxiety. The degree of distress felt is quite serious. 'Anticipated anxiety' may underlie avoidance behaviors in phobic situations.
Specific phobia is one of the most common anxiety disorders. The age at which specific phobias begin to appear is usually childhood or adolescence. Animal phobias, in particular, tend to start at an earlier age. Some of them may start after a traumatic event such as being bitten by an animal.
Phobias can often be ignored, but they need to be resolved with professional help before they start to negatively affect social life and business life.
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