Phobias

There are several features about me that describe who I am. For instance; I can be funny, kind, intelligent and headstrong. However, I suffer from acute shyness and tend to panic easily and at times it has caused problems in my personal life. Such as writing essays about myself or having the confidence to stand in front of a room of my peers and present, but my shyness does not define who I am or what I stand for. What defines me are my passions such as animals and biology, my fears and…

Death is an overwhelming thought in the lives of most people, a threat to all ages, races, and genders, able to strike at any moment, at any time. People come to fear it, phobias thus generated, danger and rebellion seen in the lives of only those self-destructive with nothing at stake. Sometimes even those that put themselves in harm’s way, whether it be from their own mind or the mind of another, find themselves fearing the danger, trying to escape it in every way possible, even if it puts…

something as simple as getting bit or something major like almost dying. It’s an involuntary thing that can cause someone to freeze up, retaliate or just simply run away. Fear can become so intense and affected on someone’s life that it becomes a phobia. Phobias are so intense and strong that it interferes with someone’s life and their ability to function. I interviewed my mother Cynthia who has a fear of lizards also known as Herpetophobia. This has lead to many unfortunate and hilarious…

experiment loving animals, and a white rat. Watson startled the rat with a loud sound of a hammer hitting the metal, Albert begins to develop a phobia a fear of white rats as well as most animals and furry objects. Many people have logical fears of animals, even myself is scared of every little creature that crawls, walk or run. Those of whom suffer from a phobia like seeing a person standing on a chair screaming “A SPIDER”! Even going to the doctors to get your shots extend to your health…

Why do we as a people fear monsters and similar entities? Throughout history people have created stories centered around monsters who would terrorize communities. These stories would be used to rationalize findings they couldn’t understand. These monsters were used to rationalize dieses, deaths and many other occurrences. These monsters still persist in stories today because over time they would evolve past what they stood for and would become symbols of our primal fears. There are many monsters…

Fear of Success in Minorities Success is defined as the accomplishment of aim or purpose. Minorities often have a hard time having a support system around them that allows them to be successful. Whether its family issues, social factors, or even racial boundaries that effect this; The fear of success is what feeds off of these factors. In this paper I want to look at why people fear success, what causes this, and how does one overcome this fear. Looking at all minorities from race, and gender…

Fear impacts the way lives are lived. This is true throughout the world, and affects people of all races, religions, gender, age and socioeconomic levels. Fear has been a part of world history since the beginning of time. Most people have to deal with some kind of fear on a daily basis throughout their entire life. There are four types of fear that can affect everyone biological, irrational, deathly, and fears from the past. There are a few fears that everyone shares that are biological. The…

likely you have a phobia of some sort. Before you ask yourself what a phobia is it?s an extreme or irrational fear of something. Anyways I?ve been researching five very interesting phobias and id like to share my finds with you to educate you on phobias. First by starting off telling the five phobias and the definitions of each phobia. Then ill proceed to tell you the symptoms and causes of the phobias. After all of that ill tell you the treatments to try to cure or suppress each phobia. …

Jackson tends to have a small panic attack when he sees a spider, believes something has germs, or when he is faced with heights. His current strategies for seeing a spider are to avoid the spider and to tell an adult, he at times gets too panicked and is unable to tell the adult what is wrong and tends to frighten the other children in class. Jackson’s parents and teachers continue to explain that spiders are not dangerous and that they are helpful in the environment, but it is difficult to…

event until their emotional reactions reach a point of termination (5). Humans have used the well-known process of fear conditioning for years. This fundamentally important process has been used to treat clinical and fear-related disorders such as phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and memory loss. For example, counter-conditioning is used to reduce memories…