Informative Essay: A Fear Of Phobias

Have you ever felt anxious or uneasy where your palms become sweaty and your heart starts to pound? That my friend is what society calls an onset of a fear that could possibly lead to a phobia. Some say phobia is a tense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger or threat to a human. However, when your anxiety gets so serious that it interferes with your work and you start to avoid family and friends and it causes you to not enjoy life, you may be suffering from a form of the common mental disorder. It’s easy to confuse a fear with a phobia because fear is a feeling of anxiousness; for example, when you’re flying through turbulence or taking off during a storm. Having a phobia would be a little more intense, like not attending your sister’s wedding because you would have to fly and flying would mean it’s the end of world and you’re going to die. I can actually relate I have a fear of flying …show more content…
Social Phobia is a phobia that can easily become something more than a disorder. This phobia can push people to a point of no return. People become anxious and may pace at times but they can also be at ease with most people most of the time, except in particular situations that trigger a memory. Often social phobia can be accompanied by depression or substances abuse. If you notice excessive or irrational fear of a specific object or situation or physical symptoms like a panic attack, nausea, excessive diarrhea or sweating you should go to the nearest hospital. There are other resources out there such as Suicide Hotline, National Institute of Mental Health, and Social Anxiety Association. There is help out there and no one is ever alone. After finally realizing that my fear of heights was something that I could eventually get over I was able to be comfortable on a plane and enjoy riding rides at an amusement park and life became more of an enjoyment instead of a