2006-07-13 10:27:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
fear of something
2006-07-13 10:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by Circle in the Square 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A phobia is an irrational fear of ordinary objects. For example, somebody can have a fear of spiders, when spiders usually cannot hurt you. They may have a fear of falling, when the risk for doing so is slim. They may have a fear of leaving their homes because they believe they will go crazy in public, when the actual chances of doing so are slim. Rational fears, such as a fear of becoming a victim of violence while walking in a dangerous, high crime neighbourhood is not a phobia. Neither is a fear of dying or loss if you get diagnosed with a possibly fatal condition.
2006-07-13 18:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by Angela B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word phobia comes from the name of the Greek god of fear, Phobos, and refers to the experience of excessive or inappropriate fear. The phobic person realizes that the fear is irrational but cannot prevent it. The best therapy for phobia is behavior therapy. ^_^
2006-07-13 17:54:30 · answer #3 · answered by Hermes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phobia is the ending of words used to describe the fear of that particular thing/situation
2006-07-13 17:34:01 · answer #4 · answered by Cat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A phobia is a compellingly unreasonable fear of something, a fear that cannot necessarily be explained or justified.
2006-07-13 18:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by fiddlesticks9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fear or reallysuper duper scared (im scared of horror movies but thats not a phobia)
2006-07-13 17:32:43 · answer #6 · answered by gothicirishpeople 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phobia is a fear of a something. Like, aerophobia is fear of flying and claustrophobia is fear of being trapped in confined spaces.
2006-07-13 17:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you scare me.....do I have a phobia?
2006-07-13 18:02:32 · answer #8 · answered by CraZyCaT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an uncontrollable fear of something; usually the sufferer knows that there is something irrational about the fear, but that knowledge doesn't help reduce the fear.
2006-07-13 17:31:50 · answer #9 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being scared of something
2006-07-13 17:35:30 · answer #10 · answered by eyes_kitty_green 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋