emotional characteristics

• Anxiety

  • persistent state of anxiety
  • anxiety is particularly high when in a place associated with the feared stimulus
  • unpleasant state of high arousal makes it difficult to relax/experience positive emotion
• Fear

  • the immediate unpleasant response experienced when we encounter/think about the phobic stimulus
• Unreasonable

  • the emotional response is unreasonable
  • the anxiety is disproportionate to the danger presented by the phobic stimulus or situation