Definition: A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. A phobia includes a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm. For example, those suffering from agoraphobia are scared from being trapped in an inescapable place or situation.Symptoms:The symptoms of phobia occur when exposed to the feared situation or object or even when thinking about the feared object or situation. Common symptoms include: dizziness, breathlessness, nausea, a sense of unreality, fear of dying.These symptoms sometimes may lead to an anxiety attack. As result of such symptoms, some people begin to isolate themselves from society leading to difficulties in daily life.
Types of Phobias:
- Social phobias fear of social situations
- Agoraphobia fear of situations in which escape is hard
- Specific phobias fear of a specific object such as snakes
Examples of specific phobias:
Arachnophobia: fear of spider.
Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes
Acrophobia: fear of heights
Cynophobia: fear of dogs
Astraphobia: fear of thunder and lightning
Trypanophobia: fear of injections
Social Phobia:"I couldn’t go on dates or to parties. For a while, I couldn’t even go to class. My sophomore year of college I had to come home for a semester""When I would walk in a room full of people, I’d turn red and it would feel like everybody’s eyes were on me. I was too embarrassed to stand of in a corner by myself, but I couldn’t think of anything to say to anybody. I felt clumsy; I couldn’t wait to get out."Social phobia is an intense feeling of becoming humiliated in social situations. It is considered to be hereditary and may be accompanied by depression or alcoholism. It begins around the ages of adolescence or even younger.People who suffer from social phobia think that other people are a lot better than them. Small mistakes you make seem to you
much more exaggerated than it really is. Blushing itself may be embarrassing, and you feel as if all eyes are focused on you. They are afraid of being with people other the ones that are close to them. They also fear and feel anxious about giving a speech, talking to the boss, or even dating. Sometimes and rarely it may involve the fear of using public restrooms, eating out, talking on the phone, or writing in the presence of other people such as when signing a check. This disorder is often misinterpreted as shyness, but they are both different things. Shy people do not experience extreme anxiety in front people or social situations. People with social phobia aren’t necessarily shy. They can be at ease with people in some situations
much more exaggerated than it really is. Blushing itself may be embarrassing, and you feel as if all eyes are focused on you. They are afraid of being with people other the ones that are close to them. They also fear and feel anxious about giving a speech, talking to the boss, or even dating. Sometimes and rarely it may involve the fear of using public restrooms, eating out, talking on the phone, or writing in the presence of other people such as when signing a check. This disorder is often misinterpreted as shyness, but they are both different things. Shy people do not experience extreme anxiety in front people or social situations. People with social phobia aren’t necessarily shy. They can be at ease with people in some situations and feel extreme anxiety in other social situations.The medications that have proven effective include antidepressants such as MAO inhibitors. People with a specific type of social phobia such as performance phobia have been helped by drugs called beta-blockers. That drug relaxes the person and prevents anxiety.
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