| Bees and Wasps |
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Enclosed or Open Spaces |
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Death |
| Flying |
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Heights |
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Injections |
| Mice |
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Public Speaking |
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Rejection |
| Snakes |
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Spiders |
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Social Gatherings |
| Travel |
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Vomiting |
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Water |
What is a phobia?
A phobia is an extreme reaction to a fear.
If someone breaks into a cold sweat, trembles, screams or has any
other distressing symptoms at the sight of a mouse, for example, he or she is
probably suffering from a phobia.
Why do people develop phobias?
Clients often say that nothing has happened to cause their phobia. It is simply something they've either always been afraid of or that just occurred for no reason. The phobia can have arisen because of exposure to an event in the past. The response to the event becomes an embedded trigger, and the unconscious mind represses the initial event. Sometimes the phobia has been picked up from a parent or other authority figure earlier in life. People don't become afraid without reason. The originating event might not have been particularly traumatic at the time but is likely to have caused an emotional conflict, or been anchored by a negative response. Phobias can also occur spontaneously following a loss of someone close or during periods of extreme stress.
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