phobia... have one?
It shouldn't be a surprise for anyone to have a phobia for at least a particular thing. Be it animals, sports, activities, items, situations, there is bound to be something that is haunting a person. What is a phobia? Its a persistent, abnormal and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous. As you might suspect, i took the definition from www.dictionary.com. I thought it would be clearer in this case.
Some might be afraid of animals due to bad encounters with them when they were young. Of course, there were cases where phobias were developed even after puberty depending on the severity of the incident. An ugly toad left into the soup which you are sipping from or a dog that bit you in the leg while you're walking on the street are the few reasons for your phobias.
Sports like swimming, aren't taken up easily by some. Drowning was an experience that was gained by my very self. It was very scary at that time, as you were helpless in the water. I wasn't able to swim very well at that time when i was still a small kid, and i thought my life would be ended in the swimming pool. Luckily for me, lifeguards then were very responsible, unlike the working population now, which is made up of 95% of irresponsible people. I was saved by him, and spared the registration to heaven or hell - it doesn't matters. For me, i weren't afraid of water after having the near-death encounter, instead, i was more determined to swim well. it might not be the case for others. They might be traumatised for life. Glad i wasn't.
Activities such as flying on a plane or taking a ride on the roller coaster are one of the most common cause for phobias. Phobias of height, phobias of flying. It do not necessarily require the victims to be involved in any incidents to develop the phobias mentioned above. Some were afraid of flying and heights the moment they came to Earth, while some might have endured through some gruelling experience.
In some situations where one was trapped in an elevator alone for hours, or was strangled and abused since young, victims are highly susceptible to contracting a phobia. A fear for containment and a fear for wearing necklaces or anything that are bound to their necks could be created by the above situations. A fire broke out in the factory and a man was trapped in the very place where he was given a new lease of life which might be his deathbed in the next second. All exits were guarded by huge flames and the ubiquity of explosions did not help his cause either. Just as he was about to abandon all hopes, 3 men could be vaguely seen amidst the poisonous clouds. He wasn't able to stay conscious long enough to figure out who the 3 men were. He woke up in the hospital, to much of his delight, coming to the realisation he wasn't dead. But since that fateful event, he was bound to Claustrophobia - a fear of being trapped in small confined spaces.
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Below is the ten most common phobia quoted from http://www.phobia-fear-release.com/ten-most-common-phobia.html
Ten most common phobia:
1. Arachnophobia
Fear of Spiders. Half of women and 10 per cent of men have a fear of spiders.
2. Social Phobia
Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Approximately 5.3 million American adults, or about 3.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have social phobia.
3. Aerophobia
Fear of flying.
4. Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia involves intense fear and avoidance of any place or situation where escape might be difficult or help unavailable in the event of developing sudden panic-like symptoms.
5.Claustrophobia
Fear of being trapped in small confined spaces.
6. Acrophobia
Fear of heights.
7. Emetophobia
Fear of vomit.
8. Carcinophobia
Fear of cancer.
9. Brontophobia
Fear of thunderstorms.
10. Necrophobia
Fear of death or or dead things.
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Here's the catch. From some sources on the internet, 1 in 23 people is suffering from phobia. Thats 4.35% of the population. Quite a huge number eh? To conclude this, an advice to all who are currently suffering from phobia - be brave and overcome it, join the 95.65% of us!
Below are some interesting links that you can go to :
http://www.phobialist.com/
http://www.phobialist.com/fears.html
For those who have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - a fear for long words, here is something to assist you in overcoming your phobia. floccinaucinihilipilification ! This is probably the longest REAL word in English. =D
*Other than the quotes mentioned above, all the other materials were typed by me and my keyboard. Most of the contents are fiction and opinion-based. LP. Love and Peace.*
Some might be afraid of animals due to bad encounters with them when they were young. Of course, there were cases where phobias were developed even after puberty depending on the severity of the incident. An ugly toad left into the soup which you are sipping from or a dog that bit you in the leg while you're walking on the street are the few reasons for your phobias.
Sports like swimming, aren't taken up easily by some. Drowning was an experience that was gained by my very self. It was very scary at that time, as you were helpless in the water. I wasn't able to swim very well at that time when i was still a small kid, and i thought my life would be ended in the swimming pool. Luckily for me, lifeguards then were very responsible, unlike the working population now, which is made up of 95% of irresponsible people. I was saved by him, and spared the registration to heaven or hell - it doesn't matters. For me, i weren't afraid of water after having the near-death encounter, instead, i was more determined to swim well. it might not be the case for others. They might be traumatised for life. Glad i wasn't.
Activities such as flying on a plane or taking a ride on the roller coaster are one of the most common cause for phobias. Phobias of height, phobias of flying. It do not necessarily require the victims to be involved in any incidents to develop the phobias mentioned above. Some were afraid of flying and heights the moment they came to Earth, while some might have endured through some gruelling experience.
In some situations where one was trapped in an elevator alone for hours, or was strangled and abused since young, victims are highly susceptible to contracting a phobia. A fear for containment and a fear for wearing necklaces or anything that are bound to their necks could be created by the above situations. A fire broke out in the factory and a man was trapped in the very place where he was given a new lease of life which might be his deathbed in the next second. All exits were guarded by huge flames and the ubiquity of explosions did not help his cause either. Just as he was about to abandon all hopes, 3 men could be vaguely seen amidst the poisonous clouds. He wasn't able to stay conscious long enough to figure out who the 3 men were. He woke up in the hospital, to much of his delight, coming to the realisation he wasn't dead. But since that fateful event, he was bound to Claustrophobia - a fear of being trapped in small confined spaces.
==============================================
Below is the ten most common phobia quoted from http://www.phobia-fear-release.com/ten-most-common-phobia.html
Ten most common phobia:
1. Arachnophobia
Fear of Spiders. Half of women and 10 per cent of men have a fear of spiders.
2. Social Phobia
Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Approximately 5.3 million American adults, or about 3.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have social phobia.
3. Aerophobia
Fear of flying.
4. Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia involves intense fear and avoidance of any place or situation where escape might be difficult or help unavailable in the event of developing sudden panic-like symptoms.
5.Claustrophobia
Fear of being trapped in small confined spaces.
6. Acrophobia
Fear of heights.
7. Emetophobia
Fear of vomit.
8. Carcinophobia
Fear of cancer.
9. Brontophobia
Fear of thunderstorms.
10. Necrophobia
Fear of death or or dead things.
==============================================
Here's the catch. From some sources on the internet, 1 in 23 people is suffering from phobia. Thats 4.35% of the population. Quite a huge number eh? To conclude this, an advice to all who are currently suffering from phobia - be brave and overcome it, join the 95.65% of us!
Below are some interesting links that you can go to :
http://www.phobialist.com/
http://www.phobialist.com/fears.html
For those who have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - a fear for long words, here is something to assist you in overcoming your phobia. floccinaucinihilipilification ! This is probably the longest REAL word in English. =D
*Other than the quotes mentioned above, all the other materials were typed by me and my keyboard. Most of the contents are fiction and opinion-based. LP. Love and Peace.*
posted by -=]-snoopy-[=- at 12:14 AM
1 Comments:
hmmm.... it will be a surprise for me if someone dont have a phobia as there are too much in a list...
when a child.. scared of being in a lift... coz it was an enclosed space... not like today's lifts.. can view to outside.. good of the govt to think of this aha... i dont know if i will still be scared if i'm alone in an old lift though...
and that longest eng word... -_-.. sounds too funny... can be a tongue twister juz for that word... plus... the phobia name... lolz.. how come there is something to link with hippopotamus...
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