Have any phobia - so very afraid of a specific object, situation or activity. Having a phobia about something - this is not the same as experiencing the daily excitement or stress. For example, from time to time, most people can worry about when pronouncing a speech before an audience. But people who have phobias, the fear of experiencing so strong that simply are not able to make such habitual actions, such as going to work.

Definition of phobia

If a person has a phobia, he experienced intense fear of getting close to the subject of phobias or situations that cause it. People who have a phobia avoid anything of what they are afraid not to worry and not to expose themselves to stress.

There are several types of phobias:

• Phobias related to the environment, for example, fear of storms or lightning;
• Phobias related to animals, such as fear of spiders or dogs;
• Phobias are associated with blood, wounds and injuries, for example, fear of blood or injections;
• Situational phobias, such as fear of flying in an airplane, traveling in the elevator (and other enclosed spaces) or fear of bridges;
• Other phobias, such as fear of suffocation, or fear of vomiting;
• Phobias that affect children include fear of loud noises or disguised actors, such as clowns.

Many people suffering from phobias, there are also a feeling of anxiety, depression Depression   or chemical dependency.

Reasons phobias

Causes of phobia are not known yet. But if your family has relatives who have some kind of phobia, then you also have the risk of phobias. Sometimes people have a phobia can occur for other reasons:

• If something happened, for example, you are bitten by a dog;
• You have experienced panic attacks, for example, in an elevator;
• If you witness something bad that happened to other people, for example, you saw how someone fell out of the window;
• If you saw the other man was badly frightened by something, for example, if someone is very afraid to sit on the plane or you were sitting next to a man during a flight;
• If you knew that there was something wrong, such as a plane crash.

The most common phobias appear in childhood or adolescence. Children are phobias related to animals, the environment, blood, wounds, and so on. A situational phobias suffer most adults.

How to understand that this is a phobia

The main feature of phobia - it is much more intense fear of something than other people. Even the thought of the subject phobias in humans can cause a lot of stress. Children show their own cry outburst, fading, and so on. Many people fear that could harm them, and not the object itself or situation. For example, someone is afraid to fly on an airplane, as it may break.

To understand whether you have a phobia, you need to see a doctor, who will ask you about all its signs and how long you have them. In addition, the doctor will do a physical exam and review your medical history. You suffer from phobias, if you have the following symptoms:

• Are you afraid of some object, situation or action more than the other people;
• You experience severe stress or panic when you are closer to the object of the phobia;
• If you are a teenager or an adult, you know what to be afraid of something does not make sense;
• You avoid the object, situation or action, which you are afraid;
• Fear and panic that you are experiencing prevent you from living a normal life, such as going to work or shopping in the store;
• If you are over eighteen years of age and symptoms of phobia are not more than six months;
• Your symptoms are not indicative of other disorders, such as panic syndrome.

Women phobia

Women have their own phobias that they think only they have. In fact, there are several women's most common phobias:

• Arachnophobia, or fear of spiders - is one of the most common phobias among women.
• Acrophobia, or a fear of heights - is another phobia, which affects the majority of women. It can be easy to be in fear of a tall building, and fear even climb stairs.
• Glossofobiya, or fear of public speaking is also most common among the fairer sex.
• Ahluofobiya, or fear of the dark - another phobia, which affects women. Fortunately, this type of phobia is easily treatable.
• Claustrophobia or claustrophobia is also very common in women. It is said that this fear usually appears in early childhood and may continue for a lifetime. Many people suffer from this kind of phobia, but are not recognized, although it can also be successfully treated.
• Fear of failure - is also another phobia in women. This is the strongest fear of failure as a result of which we are afraid to even try to do something new.
• Filth-dread, fear of contamination - the fear of microbes, which is experienced by many women. If this fear prevents you lead a normal life, then contact your doctor who will pick up your therapy to correct this problem.
• Ofidiofobiya, pathological fear of snakes - this is one of the varieties of herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. This phobia is very common in women, and also successfully treated.

How to get rid of phobias

Treat Phobias can use cognitive-behavioral therapy. It is to represent themselves or indeed be provided next to an object, situation or action that you are afraid. This so-called exposure therapy, which can be performed both individually and with a group of people. Therapy is to perform certain exercises near the object, situation or actions that cause fear in humans. So, if you're afraid of heights, then first you will be offered to present themselves on the balcony of the tenth floor of a building where you will need to perform certain exercises. Then, you go up to the balcony of the lower floors and do the same job, and then you can already go to the balcony of the tenth floor and repeat the same thing.

Sometimes a doctor may prescribe to their patients who suffer from one or another kind of phobia, drugs are best used in combination with cognitive-behavioral therapy. Unfortunately, many people do not try to seek the help of doctors and suffer from phobias, hiding it from others.

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