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How Phobias can Affect a Person’s Life

Author: Vaibhav Dubey
by Vaibhav Dubey
Posted: Sep 15, 2017

The best psychologist in Bhopal is trained professionals who have specialized in diagnosing and treating human brain disorders, emotional imbalance, and behavior problems. Generally, the patients are given talk therapy sessions as a treatment rather than prescribing tons of medicines. Most people confuse themselves with a psychologist and psychiatrist believing that both medical fields deal in the same direction. True to some extent as both study the person’s emotions, brain chemistry, feelings, and thoughts, there is a slight difference between the studies of two fields. The primary difference is the degrees and specific training. Psychologists hold a Master Degree or Doctorate (Ph. D) in psychology. They might also hold additional qualifications and training including Board Certification.

People who experience the feeling of depression, anxiety, anger, or are facing some sort of phobia for a long time, are said to be the candidates who need to consult the best psychologist in Bhopal to get relieved from such feelings and/or phobias. Poor mental health or imbalanced brain chemistry can impact the physical health as well.

What is a phobia?

Phobias are unreasonable fears that a person experiences for a particular activity, situation, or object. The fear is so extreme that it can affect a person’s life by limiting their routine activities. Many people go out of their way to avoid the conditions or situations to cope with their phobias such as avoiding climbing the stairs to face their phobia of height. Women are more likely to suffer the phobias as men.

Types of phobias:

The fair concomitant with a phobia is much higher than that caused by stress or anxiety. However, different people are associated with different phobias, the list of which is though endless. Thus, the most common phobias are listed below.

  • Social phobia – this is an extreme fear of being in a social interacting events or public speaking. People with such phobia feel scared of being embarrassed in a social event. It is sometimes also referred as social anxiety disorder.
  • Claustrophobia – when a person fears of being in enclosed spaces or getting trapped, are kept under the category of claustrophobia. Such people frightened of being in restricted or small areas such as tunnel or elevators.
  • Zoophobia – fear of animals and insects is termed as zoophobia which is sub-categorized as fear of:
  • Bees – apiphobia
  • Spiders and snakes – arachnophobia
  • Birds – ornithophobia

Hence, if the phobias are left untreated then it can affect a person’s routine life and limit them to enjoy their life to the fullest. Thus, the best way to get relieved from such fears is to consult the best psychologist in Bhopal and get the talking therapy sessions.

About the Author

The author is associated with V-care psychiatry and de-addiction clinic Bhopal. He has written many contents on Ocd treatment, mental disorders treatment, sleeping disorder treatment in Bhopal.

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Author: Vaibhav Dubey

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