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A phobic person understands that the fear is excessive or groundless. But the effort to resist it only brings more anxiety. Phobias often begin in...
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Some specific phobias can be explained by early traumatic events, such as the bite of a dog, but the majority have no obvious cause. Most develop...
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Symptoms of phobias often involve having a panic attack -- in that they include feelings of panic, dread, or terror, despite recognition that those...
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Helping those who suffer from phobias is thought to be most effective when psychotherapy and medications that are specific to the treatment of phobia...
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Many providers of health care may help diagnose phobias, including licensed mental-health therapists, family physicians, or other primary-care...
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A phobia is defined as the unrelenting fear of a situation, activity, or thing that causes one to want to avoid it. The three types of phobias are...
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Ways that phobia sufferers can work toward overcoming their fears include talking about their fears, refraining from avoiding situations they find...
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Hmmm ... well, the concept is to gradually expose oneself to the stimulus that provokes anxiety, and exinguish the fear response by graded exposure...
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While there is no one specific known cause for phobias, it is thought that phobias run in families, are influenced by culture and how one is parented...
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If left untreated, a phobia may worsen to the point in which the person's life is seriously affected, both by the phobia itself and/or by attempts to...
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