A phobia is an irrational and persistent fear of a particular object, activity, or situation. A fear, however, can not be classified as a phobia unless it causes unreasonable distress or interference with normal functioning. Phobia is a learned response; we are not born with it. Phobia may originate from an unpleasant experience; often they appear without apparent cause. But it doesn’t necessarily have to have been caused by a terrible trauma; it can stem from something that now seems insignificant but made an impression on you when were your a child. Or it can be as simple as a mistaken reaction that has become a habit or a reaction ‘caught’ from your parent or someone you admire or even from someone you don’t like. Phobias can be of anythin

Sinophobia-fear of Chinese or Chinese Culture

Phobias can be classified into three major groupings. First there are specific phobias, in which a person demonstrates debilitating, excessive, and unreasonable fear in response to particular stimuli. The feared object and situation are not random, but can be grouped into animals (e.g., spiders, insects, dogs,) aspects of the natural environment (e.g., storm, height, water,) blood-injury-injection, and specific situation (e.g., flying, driving, enclosed places.) Specific phobias are found in 10 percent of the population. They are reported more often by females, and vary across cultures.

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A woman had a fear of elevators and closed spaces. A psychologist helped her to remember the time when she experienced the fear for the first time. She was in a pram and her mother had put her in an old-fashion type of thick vest. It was too tight and she was struggling to breathe. She instantly tried to pull herself up out of the pram to get some air, but felt trapped and frightened; she panicked. This remembered breathing restriction had been triggered again when she was in enclosed spaces such as an elevator, which caused her to react as she had done when she was in her pram. Panic caus

Some topics in this essay:
, specific phobias, enclosed spaces, persistent fear, social phobia, Chinese Culture, example woman,