Phobias & Irrational Fears

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear !!!!

when our fears become so severe that they cause tremendous anxiety and they interfere with your normal life, they’re called phobias.However, one can develop phobias of basically anything. While most phobias get developed in childhood, but they can also develop in later life.

Understanding your phobia is the first and keen step to overcome it.A person is most likely to experience feelings intense anxiety when exposed to the object of their phobia. The most common phobias that people experience includes of :

• Claustrophobia:Fear of being in constricted, confined spaces

The irrational, involuntary fear of tight, small spaces can cause an individual to avoid everyday places, even though they are aware that there is not any real danger. A person who has claustrophobia knows that the fear is irrational, but even thinking about the fear can create anxiety.

• Aerophobia:Fear of flying

some people experience an extreme sense of fear or panic when they fly, and they avoid flying altogether. If they must get on a plane, then they are likely to experience panic attacks or other intense symptoms of anxiety.

• Arachnophobia:Fear of spiders

person with arachnophobia will go to great lengths to ensure that she is not exposed to a spider. She may be unwilling to participate in activities that carry a heightened risk of exposure to spiders,

• Aquaphobia:Fear of water

Like all phobias, aquaphobia may vary dramatically in severity from person to person. Some people are only afraid of deep water or strong waves, while others fear swimming pools and bathtubs. Some are afraid of entering the water, while others cannot bear to even look at a large body of water.

• Acrophobia:Fear of heights

acrophobia can cause you to fear a variety of things related to being far from the ground. Depending on the phobia's severity, you may fear being on a high floor of a building as much as simply climbing a ladder.

A few more phobias that individual without even bieng know experience in their daily lives

• Blood, injury, and injection (BII) phobia:Fear ofinjuries that involve blood

• Escalaphobia:Fear of escalators

There are few ways of reducing that anxiety and fear that is caused by these phobias . Here are a few method of overcoming your phobias :

Identify your fear
The first step in overcoming a phobia is knowing what it is you’re scared of the first place can help you understand why there’s nothing you need to be afraid of anymore.

Understand it
you can begin to repair ‘faulty thinking’ by either discussing your fears with someone else, or using ‘self-talk’. The idea is to reveal that if you confront your biggest fear, there’s no chance that you’ll come to any harm at all.

Take Action
One common technique is known as modelling. The idea is to observe or spend time with someone that regularly deals with whatever it is you’re scared of.

Work gradually
By avoiding the situation you’re reinforcing the idea that you should be afraid of it. The best way to approach this ‘exposure therapy’ is to never take on more than you think you can handle.”