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| | photo results | Airplane in the sky | Some people are afraid to fly. Like me! | |
|  Shar11 (289) |
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 | Phobia of Height | This picture describes....of the people having fear of heights... | |
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 | Do you´ve any kind of phobia? | A spider. | |
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 | buried alive | anxiety disorder that involves the fear of enclosed or confined spaces. Claustrophobes may suffer from panic attacks, or fear of having a panic attack, in situations such as being in elevators, trains, or aircraft.
Conversely, people who are prone to having panic attacks will often develop claustrophobia.[citation needed] If a panic attack occurs while they are in a confined space, then the claustrophobe fears not being able to escape the situation. Those suffering from claustrophobia might find it difficult to breathe in enclosed spaces. Like many other disorders, claustrophobia can sometimes develop due to a traumatic incident in childhood.
Claustrophobia can be treated in similar ways to other anxiety disorders, with a range of treatments including cognitive behavior therapy and the use of anti-anxiety medication. Hypnosis is an alternative treatment for claustrophobia.
The name claustrophobia comes from the Latin word claustrum which means "a bolt, a place shut in" and the Greek word phobos meaning "fear".
It was found that 5-10.6% of people screened before an MRI scan had claustrophobia. Furthermore, it was found that 7% of patients had unidentified claustrophobia, and had to terminate the scanning procedure prematurely. 30% reported milder distress due to the necessity to lie in a confined space for a long time. For specific phobias in general, there is a lifetime prevalence rate of 7.2%-11.3%. | |
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 | phobia | I have fear on fire so i got phobia on it. | |
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 | phobia | acrophobia,agoraphobia,school phobia... | |
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 | chimphobia | this word just popped up from nowhere... i actually got the idea from our psych 141 class' discussion last week about chimpanzees' great resemblance to human beings when it comes to genetic structure... | |
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 | Airplane phobia is simply insane! | I don't know, but just recently I guess I just developed the fear of flying...the symptoms are there...hardness of breathing, palpitations, shaking all over the body. I hope this would go away...for me, this is simply insane because I never had any phobia of flying...it's just that single experience which my have triggered this unfortunate condition... | |
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