Fear And Phobia
Submitted by gurl4u516 on November 12, 2009
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Fear And Phobia
The book, Mastering Your Fears and Phobias, by Martin M. Antony, Michelle G. Craske, and David H. Barlow, is about fears and phobias as well as conquering them. A phobia is 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. Those who suffer from a phobia experience anxiety, which if they encounter the phobic object or is placed in the feared situation, and develop “avoidance strategies” to prevent this from happening. These avoidance strategies may become so elaborate that the person with the phobia life is severely restricted.
Phobias of any sort are very...
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