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PHOBIAS

Spiders crawling all over your body, falling off of a high building, a compact space where
there is barely any air coming through, easily triggered upon seeing small little holes
arranged very closely.

Good afternoon to one and all present here, today I Joshikaa.V am going to talk about
phobias. And the earlier mentioned are some of the most common phobias most people
have.

To start off, let’s figure out what is a phobia. A phobia is the most extreme type of fear,
where it actually causes them to go to great lengths to avoid being exposed to the
fear or perceived danger, even if there’s no actual risk or danger, and people often
feel powerless against it. Phobias are extreme, often unreasonable and irrational
fears of something, which could literally be anything, like fear of fire, fear of chickens,
fear of the number 13 fear of developing phobias, or even fear of lists. Unreasonable
or irrational fears get in the way of daily routines, work, and relationships, because
patients with phobias might try to do whatever they can to avoid the anxiety and
terrifying feelings associated with the phobia.

And now that we know clearly what phobias actually are, let’s see why it happens. Well
nobody actually really knows what causes it, but researchers do know one’s more
likely to develop one if you have a family member with a phobia. Sometimes though,
phobias might be caused by specific traumatic events, like if you saw someone
falling from a tall building and seriously injuring themselves, you might have
developed acrophobia-fear of extreme heights.

How can it be treated? Now tailoring treatment for the specific individual’s fear is
super important in effective therapy, because different patients might respond
differently depending on the therapy, especially if other conditions are involved liked
depression and drug abuse. Systematic desensitization might be used, where a
person is gradually and systematically exposed to the feared objects. Patients first
learn to identify the anxiety, then they learn coping techniques, and last they use
their learned coping techniques to overcome situations. The vast majority of patients
can be treated using these tailored methods.

Thankyou for lending your ears.

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