Phobias

Living with Phobias
Yes, the hapless lady breathing into a paper bag is me. Circa 1980, I began a grand adventure called Dissociative Disorder. Along with other fun symptoms, I developed several phobias that continue in varying strength today. Medication didn't help me much. I'm not sure why. Over years of trial and error, I discovered ways of living with and "working around" these phobias. Certain techniques worked for me where medication didn't. For those of you with phobias, I'm NOT recommending you not ta...

Phobias: Bad News... and Good
Isn't It Just Another Word For Anxiety?
A few years back, a friend asked me, "How can someone so anxiety disordered teach?" My response: "My family doesn't have my phone number where I work." That response wasn't intended to be flippant; it was quite truthful. I have specific phobias -- specifically I have bad-news phobias. Having these phobias -- these narrow focused fears -- doesn't mean that a person also has performance anxiety or social anxiety or is generally high in vigilance. I'm actually pretty low in vigilance. When I li...

Are you Ephebiphobic?
Do you have a fear of youth?
Are YOU afraid of youth? Do gangs of teenagers freak you out? Does walking past or near a group of youngsters fill you with dread? Do you cross the road to avoid a group of young people? Do you believe that youngsters are up to no good? What are your thoughts? What are your experiences with youngsters? Should we be concerned about gangs of young people? Image: photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Top Ten Common Phobias
Top 10 List of the Most Common Phobias
This Lens Discusses and Lists the Ten Most Common Types of Phobias. It Also Directs You to Natural Herbal Treatments to Overcoming Those Fears. According to The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), "Specific phobia involves marked and persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation". It is a strong, irrational fear of something that actually poses little to no actual danger. It's interesting to note that women are more apt to suffer from phobias than men. *Approximate...

Phobias - Phobia Treatment
What is a Phobia?
A phobia is a mental disorder characterized by a strong fear of something that is not really dangerous or feared by most people. Today's scientific criteria about this mysterious mental disorder are based on suppositions. Nobody can really explain why someone fears an object, an animal, or a certain situation. Fortunately, the scientific method of dream interpretation discovered by Carl Jung gives us a real explanation of what phobias are, and how they can be eliminated. After continuing his...