ABSTRACT FEAR Assignment : Planning and Ideas : Fear and Phobias

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fear

 [feer]

noun

1.

a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm. Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity."

1. Arachnophobia:

• The fear of spiders.
• This phobia tends to affect women more than men.

2. Ophidiophobia:

• The fear of snakes.
• Often attributed to evolutionary causes, personal experiences, or cultural influences.

3. Acrophobia:

• The fear of heights.
• This fear can lead to anxiety attacks and avoidance of high places.

4. Agoraphobia:

• The fear of situations in which escape is difficult.
• This may include crowded areas, open spaces, or situations that are likely to trigger a panic attack. People will begin avoiding these trigger events, sometimes to the point that they cease leaving their home.
• Approximately one third of people with panic disorder develop agoraphobia.

5. Cynophobia:

• The fear of dogs.
• This phobia is often associated with specific personal experiences, such as being bitten by a dog during childhood.

6. Astraphobia:

• The fear of thunder and lightening.
• Also known as Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, or Ceraunophobia.

7. Trypanophobia:

• The fear of injections.
• Like many phobias, this fear often goes untreated because people avoid the triggering object and situation.

8. Social Phobias:

• The fear of social situations.
• In many cases, these phobias can become so severe that people avoid events, places, and people that are likely to trigger an anxiety attack.

9. Pteromerhanophobia:

• The fear of flying.
• Often treated using exposure therapy, in which the client is gradually and progressively introduced to flying.

10. Mysophobia:

• The fear of germs or dirt.
• May be related to obsessive compulsive disorder.