Phobias and Fears
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What is a Phobia?
A phobia is an intense, irrational and uncontrollable fear of an object or situation. If you have a phobia, you likely know that your fear is out of proportion to the reality of the threat but the logical argument doesn’t help. The fear experienced can be so irrational and intense that it can have a significant impact on your life and how you live it. Phobia suffers will go to great lengths to avoid the object or situation of their fear. Phobias are classified as anxiety disorders and share many symptoms with other anxiety disorders.
According to the DSM-5, specific phobias typically fall within five general categories:
fears related to animals (spiders, dogs, insects)
fears related to the natural environment (heights, thunder, darkness)
fears related to blood, injury, or medical issues (injections, broken bones, falls)
fears related to specific situations (flying, riding an elevator, driving)
other (fear of choking, loud noises, drowning)
These categories encompass an infinite number of specific objects and situations.
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How will hypnotherapy combined with CBT help you to overcome your fear or phobia
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Many phobias exist in our subconscious and are learned responses. Hypnotherapy can help you unlearn the fear response, build up your exposure to the phobia and in time ease the associated anxiety. The combination of Clinical hypnotherapy and CBT is an evidenced-based approach to resolving problems at a deeper level.
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Full List of Phobias
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A
achluophobiafear of darkness
acrophobiafear of heights
aerophobiafear of flying
algophobiafear of pain
alektorophobiafear of chickens
agoraphobiafear of public spaces or crowds
aichmophobiafear of needles or pointed objects
ailurophobiafear of cats
amaxophobiafear of riding in a car
androphobiafear of men
anginophobiafear of angina or choking
anthophobiafear of flowers
anthropophobiafear of people or society
aphenphosmphobiafear of being touched
arachnophobiafear of spiders
arithmophobiafear of numbers
astraphobiafear of thunder and lightning
ataxophobiafear of disorder or untidiness
atelophobiafear of imperfection
atychiphobiafear of failure
autophobiafear of being alone
B
bacteriophobiafear of bacteria
barophobiafear of gravity
bathmophobiafear of stairs or steep slopes
batrachophobiafear of amphibians
belonephobiafear of pins and needles
bibliophobiafear of books
botanophobiafear of plants
C
cacophobiafear of ugliness
catagelophobiafear of being ridiculed
catoptrophobiafear of mirrors
chionophobiafear of snow
chromophobiafear of colors
chronomentrophobiafear of clocks
cibophobiafear of food
claustrophobiafear of confined spaces
coulrophobiafear of clowns
cyberphobiafear of computers
cynophobiafear of dogs
D
dendrophobiafear of trees
dentophobiafear of dentists
domatophobiafear of houses
dystychiphobiafear of accidents
E
entomophobiafear of insects
ephebiphobiafear of teenagers
equinophobiafear of horses
G
gamophobiafear of marriage or commitment
genuphobiafear of knees
glossophobiafear of speaking in public
gynophobiafear of women
H
heliophobiafear of the sun
hemophobiafear of blood
herpetophobiafear of reptiles
hydrophobiafear of water
hypochondriafear of illness
I–K
iatrophobiafear of doctors
insectophobiafear of insects
koinoniphobiafear of rooms full of people
L
leukophobiafear of the color white
lilapsophobiafear of tornadoes and hurricanes
lockiophobiafear of childbirth
M
mageirocophobiafear of cooking
megalophobiafear of large things
melanophobiafear of the color black
microphobiafear of small things
mysophobiafear of dirt and germs
N
necrophobiafear of death or dead things
noctiphobiafear of the night
nosocomephobiafear of hospitals
nyctophobiafear of the dark
O
obesophobiafear of gaining weight
octophobiafear of the number 8
ombrophobiafear of rain
ophidiophobiafear of snakes
ornithophobiafear of birds
P
papyrophobiafear of paper
pathophobiafear of disease
pedophobiafear of children
philophobiafear of love
phobophobiafear of phobias
podophobiafear of feet
pogonophobiafear of beards
porphyrophobiafear of the color purple
pteridophobiafear of ferns
pteromerhanophobiafear of flying
pyrophobiafear of fire
Q–S
samhainophobiafear of Halloween
scolionophobiafear of school
selenophobiafear of the moon
sociophobiafear of social evaluation
somniphobiafear of sleep
T
tachophobiafear of speed
technophobiafear of technology
tonitrophobiafear of thunder
trypanophobiafear of needles or injections
U–Z
venustraphobiafear of beautiful women
verminophobiafear of germs
wiccaphobiafear of witches and witchcraft
xenophobiafear of strangers or foreigners
zoophobiafear of animals
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