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can u tell the meaning please.

2007-02-24 00:54:32 · 11 answers · asked by ashmalnaleem 1 in Education & Reference Higher Education (University +)

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Arachnophobia is the abnormal fear of spiders & some arachnids such as scorpions & harvestmen (daddy long-legs). About half of all women & a quarter of all men have arachnophobia, and even some children. For more information, go to www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophobia.

2007-02-24 01:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by yphclubs 1 · 0 0

Acrophobia
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Acrophobia (from Greek ἄκρος, meaning "summit") is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It is a particular case of specific phobias, which share both causes (differing in the source of the phobia) and options for treatment.

Acrophobia can be dangerous, as sufferers can experience a panic attack in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely. Some acrophobics also suffer from urges to throw themselves off high places, despite not being suicidal.

"Vertigo" is often used, incorrectly, to describe the fear of heights, but it is more accurately described as a spinning sensation.
[edit] Causes of acrophobia
The most widely accepted explanation is that acrophobia stems from fear — fear of falling and being injured or killed: this is a normal and rational fear that most people have (people without such fears would die out).

A phobia occurs when fear is taken to an extreme — possibly through conditioning or a traumatic experience. Then, the mind seeks to protect the body from further trauma in the future, and elicits an extreme fear of the situation — in this case, heights.

This extreme fear can be counter-productive in normal everyday life though, with some sufferers being afraid to go up a flight of stairs or a ladder, or to stand on a chair, table, (etc.).

Some neurologists question the prevailing wisdom and argue that acrophobia is caused by dysfunction in maintaining balance and that the anxiety is both well founded and secondary. According to the dysfunction model, a normal person uses both vestibular and visual cues appropriately in maintaining balance. An acrophobic overrelies on visual signals whether because of inadequate vestibular function or incorrect strategy. Locomotion at a high elevation requires more than normal visual processing. The visual cortex becomes overloaded and the person becomes confused. Some proponents of the alternate view of acrophobia warn that it may be ill-advised to encourage acrophobics to expose themselves to height without first resolving the vestibular issues. Research is underway at several clinics. [1] [2]
[edit] Notable people with acrophobia
Bill Engvall
Jamie Hyneman
Frank Caito
Owen Hart

2007-02-24 00:58:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Think you should have spelled it correctly then we might have a chance


Arachnaphobia is a fear of spiders

Acrophobia is an irrational fear of heights

Closest I could find to your spelling

2007-02-24 01:00:14 · answer #3 · answered by jamand 7 · 0 0

I copied and pasted this to google and this word could not be found I think you have the wrong spelling

2007-02-24 01:02:34 · answer #4 · answered by barn owl 5 · 0 0

i haven't heard of achreneophobia...are you sure you have the right word? If you mean acheronophobia, this means the fear of hell

2007-02-24 01:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by april8 2 · 0 0

Do you mean arachnaphobia? That's the fear of spiders.

2007-02-24 00:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

scared of spiders

2007-02-24 01:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

either your spelling is wrong or this is a joke

2007-02-24 01:08:42 · answer #8 · answered by michaell 6 · 0 0

fear of spiders? people called Rene?

2007-02-24 00:57:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Fear of spiders!!! HIDE!!!!

2007-02-24 01:02:57 · answer #10 · answered by serenityfan76 3 · 0 0

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