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phobia: see neurosis neurosis, in psychiatry, a broad category of psychological disturbance, encompassing various mild forms of mental disorder. Until fairly recently, the term neurosis was broadly employed in contrast with psychosis, which denoted much more severe, debilitating mental ..... Click the link for more information. . phobiaExtreme and irrational fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation. A phobia is classified as a type of anxiety disorder (a neurosis), since anxiety is its chief symptom. Phobias are generally believed to result when fear produced by an original threatening situation (such as a near-drowning in childhood) is transferred to other similar situations (such as encounters with bodies of water), the original fear often being repressed or forgotten. Behaviour therapy can be helpful in overcoming phobias, the phobic person being gradually exposed to the anxiety-provoking object or situation in a way that demonstrates that no threat really exists. |
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| At least four million people in the United Kingdom are affected by toilet phobia according to the National Phobics Society (NPS). Public speaking is a universal phobia, but with the preparation, practice and presentation advice covered in this book, presenters should find their next speech easier. Frederick Hess and Martin West do not pull any punches with "Strike Phobia. |
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