There are an array of phobia that exist in nature, some of which are very common but the some of the most important ones are ;
1) Zoophobia --- Fear of Animals
2) Ailurophobia --- Fear of Cats
3) Astraphobia --- Fear of lighting storms
4) Agoraphobia --- Fear of being in open spaces
5) Photophobia --- Fear of light ; people with less pigmented skin (albino) have this irrational fear
6) Aquaphobia – Fear of water
7) Hydrophobia --- Fear of water ; it occurs when a person has been infected with the disease “rabies”. Rabies weakness his host by making it afraid of anything moist (water or saliva)
8) Panophobia/ omniphobia--- Fear of everything; this occurs mostly in individuals who are brought up in a broken or troubled home.
9) Autophobia ---- Fear of being alone.
10) Aerophobia --- Fear of flying.
11) Triskaidekaphobia --- Fear of the number “13” many historical reports has backed up the reason why certain people consider this number unlucky.
-Judas Iscariot was sitting in the thirteenth chair during the last supper
-NASA’S Apollo 13 left for the moon on the 11th of April 1970 and then an oxygen tank exploded delaying the time for the space crafts to come back to earth. The space craft came back safely on the 17th of April 1970
12) Claustrophobia – Fear of enclosed places
13) Gnosiophobia --- Fear of knowledge
14) Ataxophobia --- Fear of dirt
15) Phasmophobia --- Fear of ghost
16) Hypochondria --- Fear of becoming sick
It is more of a psychotic disorder
17) Technophobia --- Fear of Technology/Technological inventions
18) Chronphobia --- Fear of time, The passing of time
19) Haemophobia--- Fear of Blood
Acrophobia --- Fear of heights
20) Arithmophophobia --- Fear of numbers, mathematical calculations
21) Gerontophobia --- Fear of Aging
Lepidopterphobia --- Fear of butterfly and moths
22) Xenophobia --- Fear of strangers, foreigners or Racists
This type of phobia is prevalent in South Africa. A chain of incidents occurred between 1994 to 2017 where attacks were launched on foreigners who had come to South Africa. Many, including some Nigerians were killed which threatened the closure of large companies in Nigeria such as MTN communications, SHOPRITE group of companies and Multi choice company as they were all owned by South Africans.
This Disastrous phenomenon also resurfaced in August 2019 where the South Africans started destroying the lives, investments and properties of Nigerian Citizens residing over there. In turn, the indigenous Nigerians retaliated by vandalising and looting South African related companies such as ; Shoprite Group of Companies, Mobile Telecommunications Network ( MTN) and also banks owned by the South Africans.
23) Anatidaephobia - Fear of a Duck/ Fear that a Duck/ goose is looking at you.
24) Arachnophobia - Fear of Spiders, Cobwebs and scorpions.
25) Phobophobia - Fear of having a Phobia.
26) Orinthophobia - Fear of Birds
27) Acrophobia - Fear of heights.
28) Anthrophobia - Fear of Mankind.
29) Pyrophobia - Fear of Fire and heat.
30) Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles ; snakes, lizards,crocodiles e.t.c
TREATMENT OF PHOBIA
Phobia was initially considered to be difficult to treat considering the fact that it is not an infection/illness but with the advancements of modern and medical sciences they are new ways to treat this obsessive fear;
1) Use of sedatives, tranquilizers, and antidepressants; these are drugs that soothe and calm, the body nerves in terms of stress, fear or anxiety. These medications should be taken as prescribed by the physician as miscalculation of dosage can have a side-effect on the body. Common examples of this drugs are: valium, lorazepam and benzodiazepine
2) Living a stress- free life.
3) By Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; this is a process where the individual is made to understand the nature of phobia in question and also made to adapt and get acquiesced to His / her phobic environment so as to ease the irrational fear. It can also be called
SELF-EXPOSURE-THERAPY.
GENERAL FACTS WORTH KNOWING
1) The letter with the highest number of words is the letter "S"
2) The Triad is a Chinese criminal organization whose sole aim is to infiltrate large investments, undergo espionage motives and black market operations.
3) The Coldest country/ region in the world is Antarctica.
4) The hardest country to obtain citizenship is Vatican City ; This is a result of the Religious purview ( Catholicism ) and a foreigner can only become citizen if he/she is a bona fide Catholic.
5) GOOGLE is an acronym for Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth. While YAHOO is an acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Network.
Looking in Retrospect we have tackled and by now understood the basics of phobia and how it can be alleviated ; but are you aware it has a Vis-à-vis ( Opposite ) ? That is, instead of having irrational
Fear you are obsessed with a particular thing?.. As weird as this sounds, it is very true. But, The Learning Bulletin Blog has got you covered. On my next blog article, we will observing in every little detail the Opposite and Alter Ego form of Phobia.
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