Phobias

• Phobia - is a overwhelming fear of an specific object or thing. They usually stop people from living their day to day life

  • A phobia is not to be mixed up with a normal fear of something. A phobia is fear of something out of proportion.
• 3 Categories of Phobias:

  1. Simple Phobias - spiders, heights
  2. Social Phobias - social situations
  3. Agoraphobia - fear of open space or public spaces
• Characteristics of Phobias:

  • Behavioural = avoidance, panic , high levels of stress and anxiety
  • Emotional = excessive and unreasonable fear , anxiety and panic
  • Cogonitvie = selective attention and irrational beliefs