George Kaufman Research Paper

Fear comes in many forms. One of the worst forms of having fear is having a phobia. There once was a very successful man named George Kaufman. He had a horrible in dept, phobia of germs. In this essay I will be using Mr. Kaufman to illustrate the seriousness of having phobias that you have to live with every second, of every day in your life. Phobias are a very serious disease. When you have a phobia it means that you have an extreme fear of something, object or situation, that poses little to no actual danger. Some people such as Mr. Kaufman have a phobia of germs. They have to go through their lives not interacting with anything that’s not sterilized. Mr. Kaufman couldn’t eat at friend’s houses, or touch anyone because
Sadly however he became playged by fears. He hated dust, horses, cheese, groceries, doorknobs and many other things. He also hated doing anything that might have been unclean. He was uncommonly worried about his health, so he had doctors for everything. He refused to take that he was fully healthy for an answer and demanded shots when he didn’t need them. He also treated his doctors horribly. He never took their prescriptions and was bossy and demanding towards them. He once made his doctor run to his home just to see how long it would take him if it was an actual emergency. He went through so much anguish; he was convinced that his teeth were going to fall out so he went to the dentist every 6 months. He also, thought he had problems with his eyes so he went to the eye doctor every 6 months as well to get new glasses. Mr. Kaufman was rich and famous nobody realized the extent of his phobias. Thus, he tortured himself with his thoughts and the world seemed filled with dangers. George never had any real medical problems until his mid 50’s. Around this time he had nightmares, cancer and heart trouble. He died in his late 50’s, in 1961. Some say that he died because where he had no germs; he made up for it with his stress about