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Phobias Project

Phobias Project. By: Daviona Jackson Date: April 23.2010 Period: 3 rd. Arachnophobia. The fear of spiders. This phobia tends to affect women more than men.

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Phobias Project

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  1. Phobias Project By: Daviona Jackson Date: April 23.2010 Period: 3rd

  2. Arachnophobia • The fear of spiders. • This phobia tends to affect women more than men. • Treatment: is needed to deal with the harsh fears associated with the condition; treatment plans include medical treatment, psychotherapy treatment and homeopathic treatment • Symptoms: include excessive sweating, rapid breathing, a quickened heartbeat, nausea and dizziness.

  3. Ophidiophobia • The fear of snakes. • Often attributed to evolutionary causes, personal experiences, or cultural influences. • Treatment: As with any anxiety disorder, medications can reduce the anxiety symptoms.  You should make sure any medical therapy includes psychological therapy to restore a normal fear response and eventually eliminate the medications • Symptoms: extreme, irrational, even to panic attacks or disability, it has moved from fear to phobia.  

  4. Acrophobia • The fear of heights. • This fear can lead to anxiety attacks and avoidance of high places. • Treatment: Conventional treatment of acrophobia includes hypnotherapy. The goal of this therapy is to identify the event that created the original emotional trigger. • Symptoms: When a person has an extreme reaction to heights, it typically manifests as an anxiety attack. A faster heart rate, labored breathing, a feeling of being trapped and excessive sweating are all symptoms of the panic felt by an acrophobic.

  5. 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 • Treatment: The goal of treatment is to help the phobic person function effectively. The success of treatment usually depends upon the severity of the phobia • Symptoms: panic disorder, panic (anxiety) attacks and agoraphobia can be frightening and potentially disabling.

  6. Cynophobia • The fear of dogs. • This phobia is often associated with specific personal experiences, such as being bitten by a dog during childhood • Treatment: The most common methods for the treatment of specific phobias are systematic desensitization and in vivo or exposure therapy. • Symptoms: breathlessness, dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.

  7. Phobia • Definition: is an intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one's control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made. • Where do it come from: they are heredity, genetics and brain-chemistry combined with life-experiences.

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