Phobia

             Most people have a phobia or fear of something, according to the
             National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); about four to five percent
             of Americans (at least 7.2 million people) experience a clinically
             significant phobia. To be able to actually treat a phobia, a person
             must have to understand it. The kinds of phobias, symptoms, and
             treatments can all be related in the world of phobias. There are many
             different phobias within the human population such as Social,
             Agoraphobia, and Acrophobia. Social phobia is the overwhelming and
             disabling fear of disapproval in social settings. Social phobia is also
             one of a wide variety of phobias that has been known as far as
             research can explain. Social phobia may develop as a result of panic
             attacks. On the contrary, Agoraphobia is the fear of open places. It is
             also the fear of being in a place or situation from which escape might
             be difficult or embarrassing. On the other hand, Acrophobia is the fear
             of heights or unable to be in high places. This is also known as a
             common fear that most people have that have a fear of falling from
             high places. Many people may feel the same symptoms, even though
             they might have a different phobia than one another, but have
             different causes. Most of the time, a person reacting...

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