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Causes
Phobias
Cures
Negative Effects
Statistics
100
An event that may or may not be consciously remembered.
Life Experiences
100
Fear of spiders
Arachnophobia
100
Taking it step by step.
Climbing up the "fear latter"
100
Avoidance of places because of phobia.
Isolation
100
Number of Americans who suffer from a diagnosed phobia.
6.3 million
200
Twins that both have a phobia.
Genetics
200
Fear of tight spaces
Claustrophobia
200
Using a breathing exercise.
Relaxation Techniques
200
Having to leave a party early because of the phobia.
Embarrassing
200
Fear of things that will never take place.
60%
300
Taijin Kyofushois is a phobia found only in Japan.
Cultural Factors
300
Fear of having a phobia
Phobophobia
300
Predicting negative things that will happen when confronted by the phobia.
Fortune telling
300
The feeling it will never end and hope is gone.
Helplessness
300
Fear of problems considered to be insignificant.
90%
400
A girl is afraid of Mickey and Minnie dolls because she saw them in her cousins casket when she was little.
Life Experience
400
Fear of social situations
Social phobias
400
Automatically draw to a negative conclusion.
Overgeneralization
400
Aware that the fear is irrational, but can't get rid of it.
Feeling out of control
400
Fear of things in relation to health that will not happen.
88%
500
BONUS QUESTION! (Worth 3 points) What is the name for fear of frogs?
Ranidaphobia
500
Fear of public speaking.
Glossophobia
500
Only two options for curing phobias.
Self Help and Therapy
500
The most emotionally tolling effect.
Feeling out of control
500
Fear of things that happened in the past that can't be changed.
30%