phobias

whAT IS A fear ?

what is a phobia?

Types of Phobias
There are three types of phobias:


Social phobias—fear of social situations.


Agoraphobia—fear of being trapped in an inescapable place or situation.


Specific phobias—fear of a specific object (such as snakes).

There are four major types of specific phobias:

The natural environment—fear of lightening, water, storms, etc.

Animal—fear of snakes, rodents, spiders, etc.
Medical—fear of seeing blood, receiving injections, visiting a doctor, etc.
Situational—fear of bridges, leaving the home, driving, etc.

difference between a phobia and a fear

COMMON PHOBIAS

• Arachnophobia , Ophidiophobia, Acrophobia,Cynophobia,Astraphobia, Trypanophobia
• Social Phobias, Pteromerhanophobia,Mysophobia , Achluophobia, Androphobia 
• Aphenphosmphobia, Atelophobia, Coulrophobia, Dentophobia, Elurophobia   
• Hypochonria, gynophobia, Gamophobia, philophobia, podophobia, pyrophobia

STRANGE

Anthrophobia, Arithmophobia, Bibliophobia, Cacophobia, Catoptrophobia, Chionophobia, Chromophobia, Dendrophobia, Ephebiphobia, Genuphobia, Octophobia, Papyrophobia, Pedophobia, Venustraphobia, Zelophobia, Philematophobia,





,Zelophobia

FEARS

• FEAR of spiders , snakes, cockroaches, dogs, sharks, insects, ugliness
• FEAR of war, failure, social rejection, tunnels, death, flying blood 
• FEAR of guns, ghosts, demons, heights, water, the dark, storms
• FEAR of loneliness , embarrassment, hospitals, rejection, intimacy
• FEAR of hostage, clowns, the unknown, clowns, enclosed spaces

PHOBOPHOBIA