Phobias-恐惧.pptVIP

Phobia High Anxiety:Phobias Contents Characteristics Classifications Causes Treatment Part One Characteristics 01 What is phobia? A phobia is an irrational fear, a kind of anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has a rentless dread of a situation, living creature, place or thing. Phobias are the most common kind of anxiety disorder in the industrial nations: Over 50 million people in the USA and 10 million in the UK are thought to live with a phobia. Between 8.7% and 18.1% of Americans of all ages suffer from phobias. three characteristics 1 be afraid of things without any reasonable reasons 2 often lasts for a long time 3 the reaction is too strong for a person to control Characteristics Psychologists have come up with three characteristics of a phobia. Part Two Classifications 02 Classification Specific phobia Social phobia Agoraphobia There are three main classifications of phobias. Specific phobia Coulrophobia fear of clowns Trypophobia fear of objects with small things close together Claustrophobia fear of enclosed spaces Acrophobia fear of heights It is a kind of simple phobia, which involve a disproportionate fear about specific situations, living creatures, places, activities or things. David Beckham Ataxophobia —fear of dissymmetry and clutter Napoleon Genghis Khan famous people and typical example Ailurophobia —fear of cat Social phobia There is a fear of being judged by other people. The ultimate nightmare for a person with social phobia is probably to have to talk in public or act on a stage of front of an audience. A person with social phobia finds being in social situations difficult and sometimes unbearable. Social phobia 01 02 03 An individual with agoraphobia is frightened of finding himself/herself in situations where there is no escape. Agoraphobia It include a dread of traveling on buses or trains, going into large shops or shopping malls. When symptoms are severe, the patient may find it unbearable t