Characteristics of Phobias
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- Created on: 19-04-16 17:09
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- Phobias
- Definition
- Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder which means that a primary symptom is therefore, extreme anxiety.
- Phobias are irrational fears that produce a conscious avoidance of the feared object or situation.
- There are different types of phobias including: Specific phobias; Agoraphobia and Social phobias.
- Characteristics
- Emotional
- Includes feeling of unreasonable, excessive & persistent fear as well as feelings of anxiety and panic.
- These feelings are brought on by the presence or thought of the phobia.
- Behavioural
- The phobic will avoid the situation/object that is the source of the fear. sometimes they will show opposite behaviour of freezing or fainting.
- Avoiding the source of fear can lead to disruption in normal routine such as being able to work. This is how phobias are different to everyday fears.
- Cognitive
- The phobic will have irrational thought processes and be resistant to rational arguments.
- The phobic recognises that their fear is irrational which distinguishes between a phobia and a delusion.
- Emotional
- Definition
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