Blood phobia

develop into a phobia. Patients with phobias are commonly misunderstood because, only on a rare occasion, can another person relate. Although it is known that many people claim to possess a phobia, are they just self-diagnosed extensive fears? Furthermore, how exactly does one obtain a phobia? Although the discovery of phobias cannot be pinpointed, they have proved their importance by claiming their own category in the International…

leading to animal phobias were from indirect experience (modeling) and instructions or transmission of information. The researcher combined this with the abundance of warnings and instructions given in today’s Western Society to create these avoidance behaviors. Anxiety, fear, and heart rate all increased significantly in the presence of the threatening stimuli. Specific phobias (SP) are the first characteristic of an anxiety disorder to be present (Burstein et al 2012). Phobias are a fear of a…

phenomena involving the specific behaviors affecting his quality of life. My client is currently suffering from severe phobias, which enhances his anxiety levels to the extreme of producing him panic attacks. Jackson, as he prefers to be called, has developed arachnophobia, acrophobia and verminophobia. Additionally, arachnophobia is the excessive fear to spiders, acrophobia is the phobia to heights and verminophobia, also known as mysophobia is the obsession to be free of germs or in other…

I have a fear. A fear that makes my hands and legs shake with terror. My mind would go wild, imagining different types of water related deaths with monsters involved. I know I can never overcome this fear, but I am horrified of deep, dark bodies of water. Gillian, Burke, Faith, and I decided to relax at the lake in the afternoon after a long week of school. I decided to bring my homework there to do, so I wouldn’t have to go into the water. Plus, I wanted to show off a necklace that I…

The author George R.R Martin once said, “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs” (Martin). Savagery is a common theme in literature. The novel Lord of the Flies is a good example of this. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding presents the story of a group of British boys who are stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. At first, the boys attempt to build a civilization based on rules and…

There are two reactions to fear: biochemical and emotional. Even though everybody's biochemical reaction to fear is the same, their emotional reaction is different. The psychology behind fear is a look at how the brain interprets fear and the actions it takes to react to the element that is causing fearfulness. In the book, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, many of the decisions and actions were made out of fear, from the beginning of the confessions to John Proctor’s decision not to sign his…

It is often said that a story is only as good as its villain and, while argued by many, there is much truth in this statement. In the short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, the villainous figure is represented by Sykes, Delia’s husband, who abuses her not only physically but emotionally as well. His innate moral corruption makes him a clear candidate as the antagonist in the story. Hurston develops Sykes’ depravity using dialogue, symbolism, and flashbacks, and, in turn, she expresses the…

James Kennedy Mrs. Huffaker English 11 Period 7 4 September 2017 Chaotically Misguided Fear Fear is an inherent response to dangerous or unpleasant situations. However, over time, fear has warped into a harmful and ineffective emotion. Instead of fearing actual dangers, such as car accidents while driving or injuries using knives or machines, people fear items that are not threats, such as public speaking, and uncertainties such as spies in their country. Their reactions to these fears are also…

Many people claim to have a phobia without full understanding of the difference between a phobia and plain fear. A phobia is an irrational fear of an object or experience that not only tends to last a long time, but their sense of endangerment exists regardless of the fact that the person knows their extreme fear reaction is irrational. A phobia is a learned behavior that a person’s genetics seem to play a role in the initial development of. This indicates to, phobia being apart of both nurture…

People say that fear is bad and that it just holds us back, but I think fear is what keeps us safe. Imagine there was no consequence, you would probably do whatever you want like jumping off cliffs and break the law just to name a few things. Consequence make us afraid which is good. With fear you would not do any of that because you are afraid of consequence. Some people may say fear is an obstacle And I would have to agree fear can sometimes be like a fallen tree in the road Say someone…