Facts About Phobias

Facts About Phobias

By Caroline GodfreyBy Caroline Godfrey

Introduction

There are many phobias in the world, but have you ever wondered WHY people fear those things? This report will tell you why people fear clowns and why claustrophobia is so common. ENJOY!!!!!

some info about the word phobia

• Comes from the greek word phobos, meaning fear.

• Phobos was the son of Ares, the greek god of war.

• People painted his face on their shields to scare their enemies.

ClaustrophobiaThis is an irrational fear of enclosed spaces. It’s a common phobia. Most people use it as an expression like,“I feel claustropobic.”

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Coulrophobia

This is the fear of clowns. It is believed to be caused by the makeup that the clowns wear that exaggerate their facial features. People also fear clowns because of movies and The Joker from Batman. These clowns are portrayed as evil villains and killers.

Tell me this isn’t freaky!

Arachnophobia

This is the fear of spiders. The word Arachne is the Greek word for spider. It comes from a greek myth about how spiders came to be.

The Greek myth about first spider

Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom,battle strategy cursed a mortal girl named Arachne who challenged her to a weaving contest and was EXTREMELY rude. She changed her into a spider so for the rest of her life she would be forced to weave in the dull color of grey. The moral of the story is to NEVER challenge a goddess or god to an activity that they invented.

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Ophidiophobia• The fear of snakes. This fear is sometimes

confused with herpetophobia, or the fear of reptiles. The fear is actually learned.

HydrophobiaHydrophobia is the fear of water. It is usually a symtom of rabies. When you have rabies you have trouble swallowing water so some how it develops.

Nyctophobia The bogey man, Dracula, the monsters under your bed. These monsters lurk in the dark and make you hide under your covers. They usually cause this fear of the dark. most people grow out of it as they mature, but for some it lasts a long time.

Scolionophobia

The fear of school. This is a fear that is crazy but true!!! It fear usually occurs because kids don’t want to leave their parents.

I am not responsible for any claims that a child can’t go to school because they have this phobia.

Autophobia

The fear of being alone. Some people cannot relax unless someone is near them, such as in another room, while others must have someone in the same room as them. If they are completely alone the person might have an anxiety attack. HyHy from the “School of Fear” books has a so severe case of autophobia that she thinks shes BFFs with everyone she meets.

Phobophobia The fear of phobias. People usually develop this fear if they already have a phobia. Over time it can worsen and cause you to gain even more phobias.

Alliumphobia

The fear of garlic. People with this phobia suffer panic attacks when close to garlic. If vampires existed then I bet that they would have Alliumphobia.

Trypanophobia

The fear of needles/injections. There are many ways that scientists believe you can get Trypanophobia but the most common way is that it is inherited.

Those are only a few of the many

phobias in the world!

Thanks for watching my slideshow and I hope you enjoyed it! The next two pages are a quiz over what I covered in my report. Good luck!

Quiz

• 1. What is the fear of water?

• 2. What is the fear of school?

• 3. Who might have alliumphobia?

• 4. What is a very common phobia?

• 5. Who was the first spider according to the Greek myth?

Quiz Answers

• 1. Hydrophobia

• 2. Scolionophobia

• 3. A vampire

• 4. Claustrophobia

• 5. Arachne

sources• psychology.about.com

• google images

• http://zidbits.com/2011/12/the-top-10-old-wives-tales

• Hamilton, James G. “Needle phobia: a neglected diagnosis.” Journal of Family Practice. August, 1995. June 28, 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0689/is_n2_v41/ai_17276569

• http://common-phobias.com/Scholiono/phobia.htm

• http://www.phobiasource.com/alliumphobia-2/

• American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th Ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

• http://phobias.about.com/od/phobiaslist/a/nyctophobia.htm