Transcript Student PowerPoint_Phobias

A phobia is a persistent,
strong fear of a certain
object or situation.
Psychologists and
Psychiatrists classify
phobias as a mild
psychological problem.
Also known as an Anxiety
Disorder.
Phobic individuals
spend too much time
worrying about their
fears & are often too
frightened to carryout
normal activities.
Animal phobias are caused by an animal or
insect. Examples include fear of snakes, fear of
spiders, fear of rodents, and fear of dogs.
Situational phobias are triggered by a specific situation.
Examples include fear of enclosed spaces (claustrophobia),
fear of elevators, fear of flying, fear of dentists, fear of driving,
fear of tunnels, and fear of bridges.
Blood-Injection-Injury phobia
involves fear of blood, fear or injury, or a fear
of shots or another medical procedure.
Natural environment phobias are fears cued by
objects found in nature. Examples include fear of
heights, fear of storms, fear of water, and fear of the
dark.
Genetics ::
Research has shown that some phobias may run
in families.
Cultural Factors::
Some phobias occur only in certain cultural
groups.
Life Experiences/Traumatic Events::
Some phobias are based off real-life events that
may or may not be consciously remembered.
*Feelings of panic, dread, horror, or terror.
*Extreme measures taken to avoid the feared object of
situation.
*Rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling,
overwhelming desire to flee the situation.
*Reaction that are automatic and uncontrollable; practically
taking over the person’s thoughts.
Symptoms of Blood-Injection-Injury
Phobia
The symptoms of blood-injection-injury phobia are
slightly different from other phobias. When confronted
with the sight of blood or a needle, you experience not
only fear but disgust. Like other phobias, you show an
initial increase in heart rate and blood pressure.
However, unlike other phobias, this acceleration is
followed by a quick drop which causes nausea,
dizziness, and fainting. Although a fear of fainting is
common in all specific phobias, blood-injection-injury
phobia is the only phobia where actual fainting occurs.
Psychoanalysis and Behavior Therapy which
are based on different ideas about the causes
of these fears.
In Behavior Therapy, the person that has the fear
would meet with a therapist and confronts the
feared object or situation, and plans to gradually
control the physical reactions to their fear.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire.
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.