points out that psychologists have described four impacts that fuel fear. But why do people fear? Humans fear what an evolution has prepared them to fear, such as specific objects. Although, snakes and spiders combined together kill way less than cigarettes do. People fear what they cannot control, such as flying. They fear what is about to happen, especially in the moments of take off and landing. And lastly, human beings fear what is most readily available in memory, such as powerful and vivid
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Phobias are an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. The first written reference to phobic problems that we have is in the works of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (470-410 B.C.E.). But Hippocrates didn’t actually come up with the term phobia. That word wasn’t used until nearly 500 years later, when a Roman doctor, Celsus, used the word hydrophobia to describe someone who seemed to have a horror of water due to rabies. The first relatively modern use of the word phobia
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anxiety disorder (SAD). Both belong to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) (APA, 2013) category of anxiety disorders. Agoraphobia is the most commonly known phobia or irrational fear in the United States (Dinsmoor, 2015). Its root word, agora is Greek meaning fear of the marketplace (Dinsmoor, 2015). Generally, people are diagnosed with agoraphobia if they “usually avoid anxiety-provoking situations which may cause them to become housebound” (Dinsmoor, 2015). SAD is an
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identification of an anxiety/fear causing stimulus hierarchy. The second step is learning techniques to cope or relax. Few such techniques are meditation, anti-anxiety medicines, breathing exercises and cognitive reappraisal etc. After completing the first two steps successfully, the person must use them in the third step to react to and overcome situations/fears in the formed hierarchy of fears. The purpose of this process is for an individual to learn how to cope with, and overcome the fear in each step of
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as social phobia, is the fear of being in a social situation that involves being around other people. Any person has a 13% chance of developing social anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Teens are highly likely to develop this disorder. Social anxiety disorder is a life-changing disorder that affects the way people think, act, and how they are treated. Social Anxiety Disorder, also known as social phobia, is a type of panic disorder in which a person has a constant fear of being judged by others
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hopes. I seem so powerful that I cannot even be faced, forget conquered. I am fear. Suffering from performance anxiety since I was a child, I can attest to the power of fear. I was unable to sing in my third grade play, unable to recite my lines in my fifth grade play, and unable to give voice to my meticulously researched points for debate. My basketball coach was the first person to advise me about conquering this fear. She told me that to overcome it, I needed to transform it. She taught me to
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What triggers people into believing rumors that outbreak through the community? Mass hysteria has an effect in making people believe in what is only presented to them and told. When we cannot find answers for unknown cases, our brains yearn for explanations creating panic, social, and mental dilemmas. Throughout the world dozens of cases exhibiting hysteria have been reported. In most cases panic in the community is highly familiar. The War of the Worlds panicked people about an announcement of the
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us down. The night is a truly terrifying time, I haven’t been afraid of dark since I was a child, but when the night acts as a canvas where your mind paints your fears, anxiety, and deepest emotional trauma in vivid imagery, how can’t you cower when a such a beast looms over you, a beast that represents all your weaknesses, flaws, and fears. A beast that prays you sleep so it can wake you in terrible agony, “It’s only a dream” was the best line I’ve heard. I could not sleep, I dragged myself out of
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a condition that affects 2-3% of Americans, and it is twice as common in women than men. It is primarily characterized by the presence of unexpected and recurrent panic attacks. The definition of a panic attack is when “a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions, when there is no real or apparent danger”. Your body believes you are in
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Fear is like a disease, it will spread and worsen until your ability to think has vanished, and lead yourself to death. Fear drives people to do the unexpected and can influence many people, and it is even used as a tool for authors to create good stories. Two good examples of fear applied to stories are the lottery by Shirley Jackson, and examination day by Henry Sesla.The lottery is about a village that has a lottery every year, and a character named tessa hutchinson won it and got stoned to death
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