Phobias & Fears

Is it natural to be scared?

People get scared and there is a good reason for us to be scared at times. Being scared is our natural instinct to be hyper-alert to potential dangers and if necessary take appropriate measures to avoid that danger. In other words, being scared is an important and natural part of our make up as a balanced human being. The problem with fear is that sometimes it can get out of hand and trigger spontaneously for the wrong reasons. When this happens and the fear is an over generalisation, then the person being affected can end up with a persistent problem which can end up being a permanent pattern. At this point the fear turns into a phobia. Phobias can be debilitating and result in unpleasant physiological symptoms such as sweating, a feeing of nausea and general sense of unease and even an upset stomach. These feelings are produced through the release of the fight or flight hormone adrenalin and when someone suffers from a phobia then this release can occur for no reason simply by thinking about the situation and not even being in any danger at all.

Different types of phobia

There are literally phobias for everything from fear of needles to things as unusual as fear of balloons and even fear of flowers. The most common ones however, are listed below:

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