Phobia: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>Richard Pettitt (New page: {{subpages}} A '''phobia''' is a strong fear of an object or event that drives a person to avoid it, despite that there is little or no danger. This level of fear surpasses normal levels ...) |
imported>Richard Pettitt No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{subpages}} | {{subpages}} | ||
A '''phobia''' is a strong fear of an object or event that drives a person to avoid it, despite that there is little or no danger. This level of fear surpasses normal | A '''phobia''' is a strong fear of an object or event that drives a person to avoid it, despite that there is little or no danger. This level of fear surpasses normal aversion when faced by stimulus that carries a suggestion of danger, as the intense anxiety of a phobia can trigger a panic attack. Clinically, phobias are divided into three groups: specific phobias, such as a fear of an animal, social phobia, the fear of negative social evaluation, and agoraphobia, the fear of leaving home and having a panic attack. | ||
A phobic response is one of sympathetic nervous system arousal mediated in part by the amygdala. | |||
Revision as of 22:24, 1 April 2008
A phobia is a strong fear of an object or event that drives a person to avoid it, despite that there is little or no danger. This level of fear surpasses normal aversion when faced by stimulus that carries a suggestion of danger, as the intense anxiety of a phobia can trigger a panic attack. Clinically, phobias are divided into three groups: specific phobias, such as a fear of an animal, social phobia, the fear of negative social evaluation, and agoraphobia, the fear of leaving home and having a panic attack.
A phobic response is one of sympathetic nervous system arousal mediated in part by the amygdala.