TYPES OF PHOBIA

TYPES OF PHOBIA

A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder that causes an individual to experience extreme, irrational fear about a situation, living creature, place, or object.

TYPES OF PHOBIAS

1. Aerophobia

Fear of flying.

2. Arachnophobia

Fear of spiders.

3. Driving phobia

Fear of driving a car.

4. Emetophobia

Fear of vomiting.

5. Erythrophobia

Fear of blushing.

6. Hypochondria

Fear of becoming ill.

7. Glossophobia

Fear of anxiety, or the fear of speaking in front of an audience.

8. Acrophobia

Fear of heights.

9. Claustrophobia

Fear of enclosed or tight spaces.


10. Cynophobia

Fear of dogs.


11. Ophidiophobia

Fear of snakes.


12. Aerophobia

Fear of flying.


13. Astraphobia

Fear of lightning and thunder.


14. Trypanophobia

Fear of a medical procedure that involves injections and hypodermic needles.


15. Social Phobia

Fear and anxiety of being in a social event or situation.


16. Mysophobia

Fear of dirt due to contamination by bacteria and germs.

SYMPTOMS

Some of the panic reactions

* dry mouth

* upset stomach

* nausea

* elevated blood pressure

* trembling or shaking

* chest pain or tightness

* profuse sweating

* racing heart

* shortness of breath