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Understanding Phobia

Fear is always part of human existence . It is very common to us and has been considered as our fundamental enemy . It is stimulated by external factors from harm which may result to anxiety . Thus , we make a decision to fight the threat or escape from it . If you , however , encounter absurd and tenacious fear of a certain situation , thing , event or person , that is precisely what we call phobia

Phobia originates from the Greek word phobos which means fear . The

word transpired in the late 18th century which was originally based on fear of an imaginary evil . In the recent decades , the term phobia progressed together with the growing number of professionals who respectively studied the different scopes of phobia . A study made by the National Institute of Mental Health reveals that between 8 .7 and 18 .1 Americans suffer from phobia . Result also shows that phobia has become the most common illness among millions of Americans . Now , findings tell us that persons who have phobia are prone to experience anxiety and diss . If one finds his self unable to perform his usual tasks and activities because of fear , he is said to be suffering from clinical phobia . And if by chance you notice an individual who is apparent to rapid pounding of heartbeat , diarrhea , flushing of face and faintness over certain stuff , certainly , you can say that he or she has an absurd fear of it

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