Phobias

= **Phobias** =


 * Type of anxiety disorder
 * Strong fear of something that has little or no actual danger
 * Common Phobias
 * Heights
 * Spiders
 * Small Spaces (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html)
 * Signs and Symptoms
 * Avoiding everyday activities
 * Panic attacks
 * Aprehension
 * Anxiety
 * Difficulty breathing
 * Chest pain
 * Sweating
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Dizziness
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Churning stomach
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Feelings of death
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Feeling of intense need to escape <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(http://helpguide.org/mental/phobia_symptoms_types_treatment.htm#signs)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Cause
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Past life experiences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Heredity
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Common in families
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Environment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Stress
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">General Public Perception
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">There is a fine line between fears and phobias and many people miscategorize them
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Two to three times more women suffer from phobias than men
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Famous people have phobias
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Johnny Depp & P. Diddy are both afraid of clowns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Tyra Banks is afraid of dolphins
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Treatments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Therapy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Support groups
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Exposure
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">gradually facing your fears
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Learning relaxation techniques
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Medication
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Anti-Depressents
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Anti-Anxiety
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Relation to other Disorders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Anxiety
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Panic attacks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Examples of Phobias
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Agorophobia-fear of open, crowded spaces or leaving a safe place
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Cathisophobia-fear of sitting <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Panophobia-fear of everything
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Phobophobia-fear of phobias
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Xenoglossophobia-fear of foreign languages
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Intense anxiety when faced with unfamiliar speech and writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Traced back to racism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Zemmiphobia-fear of the great mole rat



__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sources __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Perspectives On Diseases & Disorders: Phobias

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lauren Hallowell & Rudi Laudenslager