Definition Of Phobia: Our problem isn't that we have these uncomfortable feelings called fear or phobia, it's what those feelings do to us. We feel threatened by people places situations and things that are no threat to us at all, sometimes so threatened that these fears plunge us into depression. When we dream about doing things that would be pleasant or productive, fear comes in and squelches those dreams. Fear interferes with healthy relationships and causes us to imagine and react to conflict that isn't there, creating the very conflict we imagined. Fear and phobia causes us to always focus on the worst possible outcome to any situation. For more information see these recent most popular books on fear and phobia symptoms and cures.
To see how widespread this fear is, think about how effective terrorism has been in the recent fears expressed in the United States over anthrax mail. It was 5,000 times more likely for us to die of the flu, but fear caused many to throw out their mail unopened, caused the Post office to spend billions for sanitation equipment, and caused many in our government and the media to cower and hide. But it was a relatively normal level of fear that caused all these things.
It's the abnormal levels of fear we're all here to learn about. Fear that paralyzes us, causes us to be indecisive, unproductive and depressed, freezes our lives and relationships and causes us physical illnesses, such as asthma, hypertension, stress disorder, heart attack. These are the levels of fear we've experienced, you and I. I remember when I left the Federal Government to build a sales business full time, I was frozen in fear of failure and the fear of success. I spent 3 days in bed, in the fetal position, crying and cowering. For the next year, I was limited in my business activity, not by time or capital, but by fear. In fact, I can trace this back all the way to my childhood, choosing things, not based on my interests, but because I feared what others would think or do or how it would look if I failed. For most of my marriage I constantly asked my wife what was wrong because something had to be. I asked her if she was mad so often, she got mad. It was all just my fear and worry.
Fears and Phobias come in all shapes and sizes. Here are some common ones:
The Dark-Nyctophobia
Public speaking-Glossophobia
Flying-Aviophobia
Heights-Acrophobia
Clowns-Coulrophobia
Death-Thanatophobia
Snakes-Ophidiophobia
Hydrophobia-Fear Of Water
Failure-Atychiphobia
Closed Spaces-Claustrophobia
Open
Spaces-Agoraphobia
Concluded at List Of Phobias-Phobia Cures-2
Mental Health
Acrophobia-Fear-Heights
ADD, Symptoms Of
ADHD Homeopathic
Cure
Agoraphobia-Fear-Spaces
Anorexia Causes-Effects
Anorexia Nervosa Quiz
Anxiety-Attack Symptoms
Anxiety Depression Cycle
Anxiety-How Do I Cope?
Attitude And Health
Atychiphobia-Fear-Failure
Aviophobia-Fear Of
Flying
Bulimia Tips-Recovery
Claustrophobia-Fear
Compulsion BAR Cycle
Coulrophobia-Fear-Clowns
Terminal
Illness-Coping
Depression
Remedies
Depression-Signs-Cures
Depression Test-Symptom
Dyslexia Causes
Forgiveness And Health
Glossophobia-Speaking
Grief And Loss Recovery
Hydrophobia-Fear-Water
Narcissism
Symptoms
Nyctophobia-Fear-Dark
OCD, Causes Of
Ophidiophobia-Snakes
Panic Attack Treatment
Phobias-List Of-Cures
Schizophrenia Cause
Stress Effects-The Body
Stress Management-Relief
Stress Management
Tips
Thanatophobia-Fear-Death