FEARS & PHOBIAS

Do you have a fear or phobia?

A phobia is an irrational fear of something that’s unlikely to cause harm. The word itself comes from the Greek word phobos, which means fear or horror.

 

Hydrophobia, for example, literally translates to fear of water.

 

When someone has a phobia, they experience intense fear of a certain object or situation. Phobias are different than regular fears because they cause significant distress, possibly interfering with life at home, work, or school.

 

People with phobias actively avoid the phobic object or situation, or endure it within intense fear or anxiety.

 

Common Phobias:

  • acrophobia, fear of heights
  • aerophobia, fear of flying
  • arachnophobia, fear of spiders
  • astraphobia, fear of thunder and lightning
  • autophobia, fear of being alone
  • claustrophobia, fear of confined or crowded spaces
  • hemophobia, fear of blood
  • hydrophobia, fear of water
  • ophidiophobia, fear of snakes
  • zoophobia, fear of animals

Whatever your fear or phobia is we can help you to manage it so as not to allow it to affect your life so drastically.

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