Though it is normal to feel fear and stress — and an invaluable survival tool — a phobia, according to The Times’s health guide, is a persistent and irrational fear of a particular type of object, animal, activity, or a situation that poses little to no actual danger. The guide goes on to give this description: Specific phobias are a type of anxiety disorder in which exposure to the feared stimulus may provoke extreme anxiety or a panic attack. Specific phobias are among the most common of all psychiatric disorders, affecting up to 10 percent of the population.
Common phobias include the fear of:
Blood, injections, and other medical procedures
Certain animals (for instance, dogs or snakes)
Enclosed spaces
Flying
High places
Insects or spiders
Lightning
1. Do you have any phobias? What are they and how did they start?
2. When you were a child, what were you afraid of? How do you feel about it now?
3. Have you been able to overcome (end) your phobia? How did you do it? How do you think others can overcome their fears?
4. Do you like scary experiences (such as horror movies, haunted houses, rollercoasters)?
5. Tell us about a scary story or 도시전설(미신).
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