characteristics of phobias, ocd and depression

• phobias- an extreme and irrational fear of objects (specific objects), or when it comes to social phobias, to some situations. Two of the more commonly known phobias are arachnophobia, a fear of spiders and claustrophobia, a fear of enclosed spaces
• behavioural phobia- physically adopting behaviour to avoid phobic objects,
• emotional phobia characteristics- anxiety, fear,
• cognitive- irrational thoughts (fears), negative and irrational mental processes that include an exaggerated belief in the harm the phobic object could cause them.
• cognitive characteristic of phobias- reduced cognitive capacity
• depression- behavioural- reduction in activity levels, change in eating behaviour, increased aggression
• ocd- compulsions- checking behaviours, avoidance, ritual cleaning behaviours, avoidance, emotional- anxiety, depression
• ocd- cognitive- obsessions, hypervigilance, selective attention,
• behavioural characteristics- panic, avoidance, freeze
• emotional characteristics- excessive and unreasonable fear, anxiety and panic
• cognitive characteristics- selective attention to phobic stimulus, irrationality of thoughts and resistance to reason, recognition that fear is excessive, cognitive distortions
• Characteristics of phobias- emotional- anxiety, an uncomfortably high and persistent state of arousal, making it difficult to relax, fear- an intense emotional state linked to the fight or flight response,
• Characteristics of phobias- behavioural- avoidance, panic, and failure to function