phobias

panic

Uncontrollable sudden fear

• anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
• dreadIntense anticipatory fear
• terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear

sweating · trembling · hyperventilation · heart palpitations · nausea · avoidance · freezing · fight-or-flight · shortness of breath · dizziness

irrational fear

Anxiety lacking rational basis

• anxiety disorderMental illness causing overwhelming fear
• learned responseBehavior acquired through experience
• conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation

trauma · genetic predisposition · amygdala · fight-or-flight · catastrophizing · avoidance behavior · generalization · sensitization · neurosis · obsessive thoughts

spiders

Web-spinning eight-legged creatures

• heightsVertical measurements or summits
• crowdsAssembled multitudes
• enclosed spacesAreas with boundaries

snakes · darkness · needles · blood · flying · dogs · clowns · germs · public speaking · water

exposure therapy

Anxiety treatment through confrontation

• CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
• desensitizationReduced response over time
• floodingOverwhelming water accumulation

EMDR · medication · beta-blockers · SSRIs · hypnotherapy · virtual reality therapy · gradual exposure · relaxation techniques · breathing exercises · mindfulness

trypophobia

Aversion to hole clusters

• nyctophobiaMorbid dread of darkness
• glossophobiaFear of orating
• hemophobiaIrrational dread of blood

thanatophobia · coulrophobia · trypanophobia · zoophobia · germaphobia · monophobia · dentophobia · necrophobia

• fears and aversionsdental anxiety, medical anxiety
• Neurobehaviorsattention, learning, memory disorders, impulse control, motor control
• fearfear, dread, afraid, fright, frightened
• mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
• psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
• behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive