Specific Phobia

Symptoms

Feeling nauseous, dizzy, or fainting.
Difficulty breathing, chest tightness, or fast heartbeat.
The fear or anxiety out of proportion to the real danger posed by the specific object or situation.

Complications

Sweating
Trembling
Dizziness
Nausea
Chest pain
Diarrhea
Paresthesias
A choking sensation
Confusion

Causes

Past incidents or traumas. Certain situations might have a lasting effect on how you feel about them. For example, if you experienced a lot of turbulence on a plane at a young age, you might develop a phobia of flying. Or if you were injured by a dog some years ago, you might develop a phobia of dogs.

Risk factors

Many phobias start because of a bad experience or panic attack related to a specific object or situation. Sometimes even seeing or hearing about a bad experience can be enough to trigger a phobia. Genetics or learned behavior. There may be a link between your specific phobia and the phobia or anxiety of your parents

Prevention

The most effective treatments are: Exposure therapy. This therapy focuses on changing your response to the object or situation that you fear. Gradual, repeated exposure to the source of your specific phobia, and the related thoughts, feelings and sensations, may help you learn to manage your anxiety.

Procedure

Exposure therapy. This therapy focuses on changing your response to the object or situation that you fear.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT involves gradual exposure combined with other ways to learn how to view and cope with the feared object or situation differently.

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