Describe Specific Phobias

A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder defined by a persistent fear of a situation, object, feeling or animal. The phobia results in the onset of fear and is long term. The person with the phobia will try to avoid the situation or object at all costs. If these cannot be avoided this would cause significant distress. On some occasions with particular phobias to blood or injury this could cause fainting. Agoraphobia can be associated with panic attacks. It is usual for a person with phobias to fear a number of situations or objects. Even thinking about the cause of the phobia can cause a person to feel anxious or panicky, which can bring on some if not all of the following symptoms for example dizziness, nausea, sweating, increased heart rate
Q2. There are two main groups of phobias which are specific phobias about one thing in particular and complex which is more disruptive to someone’s life. Types of specific phobias include to certain animals, natural environment situations, blood or injury and specific situations. The most common are fear of spiders, snakes and fear of heights. Occasionally they are triggered by a negative experience with the object or situation. A specific phobia can be easier to cope with as you may not come into contact every day, a
If you had a specific phobia, which are the most common, it could be a fear of heights, for instance, where you would have to plan things in your everyday life which others take for granted. It could be that your journey to work means you have to get on a bus causing fear of having to sit alone or speak to a stranger. You may have to cross a bridge or maybe climb stairs or take an elevator to a higher floor to your office which would trigger fear of heights. You would have to consider whether you could cope with your phobia if you couldn’t do those things on a daily basis. The fear is not always of the actual object but of some terrible outcome such as being knocked over by a car or falling from a