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    A phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by an irrational and persistent fear of a specific object or situation. The word "phobia" comes from the Greek word meaning "aversion" or "morbid fear." Specific phobias are named after the object of fear using Greek words. Phobias are caused by the front part of the brain overreacting to emotional stress or fearful memories, inhibiting the normal loss of fears. Examples of phobias include the fear of mother-in-laws (pentheraphobia), writing in public (scriptophobia), belly buttons (omphalophobia), wood or forests (hylophobia), flowers (anthophobia), and the color yellow (xanthoph

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    A phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by an irrational and persistent fear of a specific object or situation. The word "phobia" comes from the Greek word meaning "aversion" or "morbid fear." Specific phobias are named after the object of fear using Greek words. Phobias are caused by the front part of the brain overreacting to emotional stress or fearful memories, inhibiting the normal loss of fears. Examples of phobias include the fear of mother-in-laws (pentheraphobia), writing in public (scriptophobia), belly buttons (omphalophobia), wood or forests (hylophobia), flowers (anthophobia), and the color yellow (xanthoph

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    PHOBIAS

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    Definition of Phobia
    Origins of Phobia as a word
    Mechanisms of Phobia
    Examples of Phobias

    Definition of Phobia
    Phobia
    anxiety disorder
    a persistent fear of an object or situation
    sufferer commits to avoiding his fear/s
    disproportional to the actual danger posed
    often recognized as irrational

    Phobia
    comes from the Greek: (phbos),
    meaning "aversion or "morbid fear
    specific phobias are given names based on a
    Greek word for the object of the fear, plus the
    suffix -phobia

    Mechanisms of phobia
    Front part of the brain
    processing of emotions
    and response to negative
    stimuli
    reaction to emotional
    stress or fearful
    memories
    Normal loss of our fears
    is inhibited
    Unending fear of an object

    Examples of Phobias.
    1. Pentheraphobia
    Fear of your mother in law

    2. Scriptophobia
    Fear of writing in public

    3. Omphalophobia
    Fear of belly buttons

    4. Hylophobia
    Fear of wood, forests, or trees

    5. Anthophobia
    Fear of flowers

    6. Xanthophobia
    Fear of the color yellow

    7.Sanguivoriphobia
    Fear of vampires

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