Phobia

suffer from phobias. Most phobias start to affect people around the age of 15. Many movies and books have at least one character with a phobia. Perhaps the best examples of this are the movies Cliff Hanger and Kingdom of the Spiders. My favorite example of this is Ron Weasley from Harry Potter. There are many different phobias in the world. There is fear of water, agoraphobia; fear of spiders, arachnophobia; and many, many more. Psychologists have come up with many ways to overcome phobias.…

A phobia is an irrational fear to something. Phobias are a common thing however they can be quite unusual such as trypophobia (the fear of holes). They can be acquired in many ways one of the most famous explanations being that of classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a form of learning in which a new involuntary response is learned as a result of two stimuli being presented at the same time. The theory was created by Ivan Pavlov in 1902 where he applied it to animals. It involves a…

Psychodynamic approach to Phobias On the word of Sigmund Freud “Phobias act as a defence against the anxiety experienced when impulses formed by the id (the pleasure seeking part of the mind) are repressed, resulting in a displacement of repressed feelings on to the object/situation with which it is symbolically associated.” (Bennett 2003). Consequently these turn into phobic stimuli and the person can avoid dealing with these repressed conflicts by neglecting them. These unresolved conflicts…

Are irrational fears beneficial? Could they shape the way we live our lives? There are many things to fear in life, which play an important role and could also change the way people approach things during life. I think one of my biggest fear in life is death. For example, a family member. I think losing a family member is one of the things that scares me the most because I can’t imagine life would be without them. For example not seen them again or spending time with them. I think the fearing…

The Status Quo Change is followed by fear. Depending on how a person handles this fear they will either succumb to violence or passivity. It is a rare portion of the population that will face their fears head on with courage. In the story Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda written by Becky Albertalli such courage is exemplified by the character Simon. In the book when Simon said he was “tired of coming out” (Albertalli, 40). what he was expressing was humanity's innate desire for things to be…

Behind every action, there is a driving force. Whether explicitly stated or hidden, there are reasons behind every single thing people do. In the Handmaid’s Tale, one of the most prominent motivators is fear. Fear of being caught by the eyes, sent to the colonies, or being punished by commanders and their wives is shared by nearly every citizen of Gilead. There are also individual concerns specific to separate characters. Overall, fear is the driving force behind the conformity and rebellion…

Fear can be a lot of things. It is defined differently from one person to another. The fear of falling, the fear of being alone. Fear is a wide concept that contains so many meanings that you cannot count them. Fear has the ability to keep us from doing something we want- but at the same time, it can also give us the capacity to cross our boundaries. The story “The Swimmer” follows significant themes such as fear, personal development, and unknown territory. The story “The Swimmer” by S. J…

What is the most sincere feeling that human has? It is fear. Fear will always tell you whether you should fight or flight. Fear was the reason that we continued to make more and more fire during our early stages of evolution as intelligent creatures. Fire gave us light, light drove away beasts in the darkness, And even if the feeling of safety was brief, it was satisfying nonetheless. Then we made houses to keep the dangerous beasts away from us. They gave us feeling of safety that lasts as long…

The key aspect discussed in this paper is stage fright and how it can affect witnesses in a court appearance, whether it can be controlled, and how to control stage fright. Whether at high school debates, presidential speeches, or conferences, everyone feels a bit of stage fright before they begin. For witnesses in a court appearance, there is always a level of stage fright. Some have a mild stage fright, while others are overwhelmed with anxiety. In general, stage fright is, according to the…

People in the world will always have something that they cherish, something that they love, and something they do not want to lose. This statement concludes the weakest people to the strongest people; even a person with the highest power like Barak Obama or the person who owns the production of oil. They all have their darkest fears, and fear something. I am one of many fears. First off, the definition of fear and how fear is ignited should be explained. Fear is an unpleasant feeling caused by…