... moulded and constrained by evolutionary contingencies. For example, we are more likely to acquire a fear for objects and situations that are potentially harmful to our survival such as dangerous predators, heights and confined places, than for contemporary man-made objects such as firearms and cars even though the latter may be more likely to be associated with danger in our everyday ... ...

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... tells Abraham, "take your son, your favored one, Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on Isaac Abraham picked up the knife to slay his son"" (22:2-9). Abraham ... ...

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... sense of normality. It was a jump from a very high building. By overcoming the trauma and pain from his prior life and lucid dream he was also overcoming his fear of heights by taking that very crucial leap. David is very typical. He just led the life that anyone would if they were handed a huge corporation and millions of dollars by someone ... ...

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... a medication called buspirone. Other types of Anxiety Disorders include Panic Disorder, or phobias. Many people experience specific phobias, intense, irrational fears of certain things or situations--dogs, closed-in places, heights, escalators, tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, and injuries involving blood are a few of the more common ones. Phobias aren't just extreme fear; they are irrational fear. (Disorders) A person may be ... ...

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... a medication called buspirone. Other types of Anxiety Disorders include Panic Disorder, or phobias. Many people experience specific phobias,intense, irrational fears of certain things or situations--dogs, closed-in places, heights, escalators, tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, and injuries involving blood are a few of the more common ones. Phobias aren't just extreme fear; they are irrational fear. (Disorders) A person may be ... ...

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... categories of specific phobias are 1. situational phobias such as: fear of elevators, airplanes, enclosed places, public transportation, tunnels, or bridges; 2. fear of the natural environment such as: storms, water, or heights; 3. animal phobias such as: fear of dogs, snakes, insects, or mice; 4. blood-injection-injury phobia such as: fear of seeing blood or an injury, or of receiving an injection. (Wood ... ...

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... symbolize taking my focus off the goal and allowing those fears to control me. (This is similar to people being told not to look down when they are climbing great heights.) The bridge doesn't break - and I get across unharmed. According to my "association" meanings, the strong bridge seems to symbolize the freedom, which comes with pressing forward through those fears to ... ...

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... continue into adulthood. No one knows why they persist in some people and disappear in others. Examples of specific phobias include persistent fear of dogs, insects, or snakes; driving a car; heights; tunnels or bridges; thunderstorms; and/or flying. Social Phobia can produce fear of being humiliated or embarrassed in front of other people. This problem may also be related to feelings ... ...

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