What is Trypanophobia? This phobia is a common phobia for most people out there in the world‚ what this phobia means is that people are afraid of Needles or Injections. Some people can handle needles or injections but others just can’t they get so worked up over these things that they eventually just avoid the doctors or some medical treatment or just faint. Being afraid of theses sharp objects can cause a lot of medical concerns to doctors because if something bad happens to the patient such as
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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 even an anxiety attack. Most people who are suffering from the phobia are surprised when they find out that they aren ’t alone. Ablutophobia is surprisingly common. It is caused by the mind as a protective mechanism. From some point in the past there was a traumatic event linking with washing‚ bathing or cleaning. It
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different types of Augustine-Gibson 2 fears known as phobias which are abnormal or irrational fears of specific things. Phobias are an irrational fear to a person‚ place or object and they are classified as an anxiety disorder. Phobias (fears) affect approximately nineteen million individuals‚ with fears ranging from blood to women and everything in between. The word phobia comes from the Greek word‚ Phobos‚ meaning fear. The most well-known phobia is most likely arachnophobia‚ which is the fear of
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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‚
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particular those that constitute modern medical therapeutics.” (Source 2) Thus this essay will describe Dr. Wolpe‚ a theorist in the realm of cognitive behavior therapy. Dr. Wolpe believed that since some phobias could be‚ “learned through classical conditioning‚” (Text book pg.74) then fears and phobias are essentially learned and thus consequently can be unlearned. This is the basic concept that he uses for not only understanding the illness but also for treatment. Thus cognitive behavior therapy essentially
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desensitization program when practically applied has been proven to be highly affective and has become the leading treatment for phobias and anxiety (Sapp‚ 2004). Put simply‚ since this system assumes that phobias are learned‚ and therefore can be unlearned‚ it provides a process to help people accomplish this using a controlled exposure to whatever the focus of the phobia may be. It thereby helps to take away the individuals reactivity to the particular object. To prepare for the process‚ the individual
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1) Define Fear and Phobia Fear - An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat. Phobia - An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something: "he had a phobia about being under water"; "a phobia of germs". 2) Give Examples of Phobias A Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. B Bibliophobia-
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OVER COME ARACHNOPHOBIA Signpost. Blaine P. Friedlander‚ Jr. states there are two ways to cure arachnophobia‚ exposure‚ and education. A. Exposure therapy 1. Exposure therapy is one of the ways people with arachnophobia can overcome their phobia. Shayna Brouker stated that this exposure therapy consist of 3 things; education‚ touching the spider to show that the spider is more scared of you than it is of it‚ and talk therapy to change the way people react when their terror is triggered by
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older‚ a few may suffer badly from phobias. These are unreasonable fears‚ which send one’s body and mind into panic. Some of the common phobias are a fear of heights‚ spiders‚ and closed places‚ flying in planes‚ speaking in public‚ injections or blood. There are also endless uncommon phobias‚ including fear of running water‚ swallowing solid food and even going to the hairdresser’s. Everyone is mildly phobic about something‚ it is natural. But when your phobia spoils your life it’s time to do something
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About a Pretty Sunset” “Talking shit about a pretty sunset‚” is a song that portrays an overall apathetic outlook on life. The listener can clearly hear the discontent expressed in the words sung and the execution in the music. Thoughts of suicide‚ phobia of commitment‚ lack and gain of motivation‚ fixation and illusions of a better life are all present. Through the complex breaks and climax of the song‚ tells an emotional story of revelation‚ realization and self-actualization. From the beginning
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