Specific phobia

entrenching themselves in the philosophy that if one child fails, all fail, and that children are not to be trusted, they ensure that no one succeeds in the first place. This educational phobia makes every policy designed to encourage the individual only address children as statistical groups. Educational phobia in America has inspired massive arguments over the safest system of schooling. Politicians and administrators have irrationally retreated into a corner filled with No Child Left Behind,…

Fear is an emotion that brings a sense of unease to our world, whether it is the fear of an object or someone inflicting fear on someone. There can be different levels of fear that affect people. This is the emotion everyone has, no matter if they deny it, no one can be fearless. Throughout the years the common fears of people and the word its-self have evolved and will be a never ending cycle. The sense of being afraid or uneased caused by a possible danger was developed in the late 12th…

A Closer Look into the Duality of Fear Fear is one of the most powerful emotions that we experience. Although we are scared of many things, the underlying cause of all fear is our own imagination. In examining The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolai Gogol, the reader is forced to rethink their fears and take a deeper look into human tendencies. Fear is a complex and uncomfortable topic because it reveals very personal weaknesses and the inner workings of our minds. The stories of Gogol…

irrational fear, it is called a phobia. There have been many different types of phobias from the fear of spiders to the fear of flying, to some really weird ones like Ablutophobia,-(Watts) the fear of washing or bathing. But how do these phobias come to be, to answer that, we look to genetics. Genetics play the biggest role in growing, without them we couldn't even develop in the womb. This is a very touchy subject because scientist can't find an exact gene that triggers a phobia, but they know…

I am terrified of storefront windows. They show a reflection of how I truly walk. They provide evidence that there was a lack of oxygen to my brain during my birth. They remind me that I have Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy has provided me with a walk that resembles a drunk person, a fact that being on a college campus, I find myself reminded of regularly on Friday and Saturday evenings. However, the stigma that I face because of my visible disability are more disabling than any physical…

Do you have dental anxiety or fear? Does the thought of being in the dental chair make you nervous? Have you put off your cosmetic dental care for years because of these worries? Would you benefit from having all of your cosmetic dental needs met, yet remembering very little about your visit? You are not alone. In fact, according to the Academy of General Dentistry, approximately 40 million Americans avoid the dentist because of fear and anxiety. North Brunswick, Central NJ, cosmetic dentist…

To many people, spiders are terrifying. In fact, behind death and public speaking, arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, haunts fifty percent of women and sixteen percent of men (The Wall Street Journal). However, these usually small arachnids are highly underestimated in their capabilities. They are clever, industrious, and inventive, giving them the ability to thrive in many environments. Spiders spin their webs with silk, the strongest known natural fiber. They also have eight eyes, eight long…

In Chapter 1, Wolpe conveyed the idea that fear is the underline emotion of many undesirable situations; however, it has been described differently by different individuals. Fear was an emotional learning that the effect such as pain aroused by things or situations could arouse fear. He further distinguished the differences between useful and useless fear. According to Wolpe, useful fear is helpful and appropriate to the situation whereas useless fear is unhelpful and disadvantageous. In Chapter…

When I think about anxiety I would say that my biggest fear was going outside after I had been attacked. When I was kidnapped, the men grabbed me right outside my apartment building. So, after this, even a year and a half later I was told by my doctors to start taking short walks. I was panicked and so scared. I feared everything and everyone. One way I learned to handle this was going for a walk and with someone in my family. This was one of the hardest fears to overcome. I was so worried…

What frightens you the most? What keeps you awake every single night? Maybe it is that best friend who betrays you and suddenly becomes your biggest enemy. Perhaps the cause is a financial issue, or a family problem, or even grades. However, many people agree that the fear of the future riddles almost everyone at a certain phase of life. In my case, the unpredictable life with its ups and downs, twists, and turns scared me at the age of eighteen. Instead of coping with this innate feeling I…