Social Phobia Symptoms
What Is It?
A phobia is a persistent, excessive, unrealistic fear of an object, person, animal, activity or situation. It is a type of anxiety disorder. A person with a phobia either tries to avoid the thing that triggers the fear, or endures it with great anxiety and distress.
Some phobias are very specific and limited. For example, a person may fear only spiders (arachnophobia) or cats (galeophobia). In this case, the person lives relatively free of anxiety by avoiding the thing he or she...
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Characteristics of Social Phobia
Most of the research into social phobia has been conducted over the past decade or so; although it is easy enough to trace it back at least... Read more »
Understanding the Symptoms of Phobia
A phobia is often described as a strong, persistent, and unwarranted fear of a specific object or situation. Most people can relate,... Read more »
Phobias in Children
We teach our children to be cautious, to not talk to strangers, to not stray from our sight, to not answer the door or the phone if home... Read more »
School Phobia
School Phobia can severely impact a child's education and social life. It is thought to stem from separation anxiety, a fear of leaving... Read more »
Social Anxiety Disorder Survey Reveals Severity of Impact of...
A recently published on-line survey commissioned by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) provides up-close and... Read more »
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Social phobia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Social phobia is a persistent and irrational fear of situations that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others, such as parties and other social... Read more »
Specific Phobias Explained
Phobias are not just an intense fear; they are an irrational and unsubstantiated fear of an object or situation. The National Institute of Mental... Read more »
Needle Phobia
Approximately 10% of the population has needle phobia, or an intense fear of needles and sharp objects. Fear of needles is a “specific... Read more »
Phobia: simple/specific
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Being exposed to the feared object, or even thinking about being exposed to it causes an anxiety reaction.This fear or anxiety is out of proportion... Read more »
Phobia: simple/specific
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The goal of treatment is to help you function effectively. The success of the treatment usually depends on the severity of the phobia.Systematic... Read more »
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