e a spider or dust has to be classed as abnormal. It is surprising how many people have these fears. If you have never had a phobia you will probably not realise how overwhelmingly powerful the fear really is for the sufferer. It can also be very debilitating when the person has to avoid certain fearful situations.
             No one really knows exactly why people get phobias. scientists have given us two reasons by which phobias are caused. firstly they say that a person's genes may have something to do with it, and that a person who has a phobia may have a parent with one, too. so if you have a phobia you can blame your parents for it the other explanation given by scientists is that traumatic incidences in a persons life - like the death of a parent, dealing with her parents' divorce, or a big move - can cause a phobia to start.
             According to the American Psychiatric Association Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year.
             According to them female are more prone to phobias than males.
             Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
             The American Psychiatric Association subdivides Phobic Disorders into the following three types:
             1. Agoraphobia: fear of and avoidance of open spaces, the most common and severe of phobias.
             2. Social Phobia: fear of and avoidance of embarrassment or ridicule in social situations.
             3. Simple Phobia: fear of and avoidance of specific objects, situations or activities.
             All three types can be with or without panic attacks
             When a person who has a phobia is forced to face what makes him scared, he may have a pa
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