Phobias-恐惧

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Part Four Treament
How to treat phobias Take it easy
•Actually, everybody is afraid of something. •Being afraid is not something terrible or shameful •On the contrary, fear keeps us away from the uncontrollable and unknown danger.
The anxiety is so
A feeling that at all overwhelming when A feeling of anxiety when the source of the fear is not there but is simply thought about. costs, the source of that confronted with the fear must be avoided. source of the fear that the person is unable to function properly.
Genghis Khan
Social phobia
The ultimate nightmare for a person with social phobia is
A person with social phobia
finds being in social situations difficult and
When symptoms are severe, the patient may find it unbearable to even step out of their own home.
Agoraphobia
Agyiophobia —be afraid of treet
Demophobia —be afraid of crowd
living creature, place or thing. Phobias are the most common kind of anxiety disorder in the industrial nations: •Over 50 million people in the USA and 10 million in the UK are thought to live with a phobia. •Between 8.7% and 18.1% of Americans of all ages suffer from phobias.
Social phobia
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Agoraphobia
It include a dread of traveling on buses or trains, going into large shops or shopping malls. An individual with agoraphobia is frightened of finding himself/herself in situations where there is no escape. The main performance for the specific environment of fear, like square, closed environment, crowded public places.
lie down and relax yourself
imagine the terrified thing
stop when you feel high anxiety
relax , then repeat the imagining
phobia formation theories
Behavioral therapy
Conclusion
Our presentation mainly inroduce the types and treatment methods of modern social phobias.
Acrophobia
Trypophobia
Coulrophobia
Claustrophobia
famous people and typical example
Napoleon David Beckham Ataxophobia —fear of dissymmetry and clutter Ailurophobia —fear of cat
Phobi a
High Anxiety:Phobias
Characteristics
Contents
Classifications
Causes
Treatment
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Part One Characteristics
What is phobia?
A phobia is an irrational fear, a kind of anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has a rentless dread of a situation,
As mentioned above, witnessing a family member's phobia is a common cause for phobias which started during childhood.
Common causes for complex phobias
phobia formation theories
Cognitive behavioral therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy does not mean force the patient to do something they scared. Most importantly, those with phobias learn to become masters of their own feelings and thoughts.
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often lasts for a long time
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the reaction is too strong for a
person to control
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Part Two Classifications
Classification
There are three main classifications of phobias.
The therapies to treat phobias
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单击此处添加文字内容 Relaxation therapy
Relaxation in psychology, is the emotional state of a living being, of low tension, in which there is an absence of arousal that could come from sources such as anger, anxiety, or fear. Relaxation helps improve coping with phobias.
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Part Three Causes
Common causes for specific phobias
These usually develop when the child is between four and eight years of age. In some cases it may be the result of something that happened early in life.
•Behavior therapy - desensitization (exposure therapy), if done properly can help patients alter their response to the source of their fear. Patients are exposed to the cause of their phobia in gradual progressive steps.
The causes of agoraphobia or social phobia are still a mystery, nobody is really sure. •Health care professionals believe they are caused by a combination of life experiences, brain chemistry and genetics. •Social phobias are more likely to be caused by an extremely stressful experience than agoraphobia, researchers say.
Agoraphobia —be afraid of spacious place
Amaxophobia
—be afraid of going
by bus, train
Symptoms of phobia
When exposed to the source of the fear, there is a sensation of uncontrollable anxiety.
probably to have to talk in public or act on a stage of front of an audience. There is a fear of being judged by other people.

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• Specific phobia