This document discusses different types of phobias. It defines a phobia as an irrational and excessive fear reaction, and notes that women are twice as likely to suffer from phobias as men. It then identifies and describes several common phobias, including social phobia, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, coulrophobia, zoophobia, acrophobia, aerophobia, blood-injection-injury phobias, didaskleinophobia, and triskaidekaphobia. The document provides examples and explanations for each type of phobia.

3.  Define Phobias
 Identify the types of
Phobias
 Determine your Self
What types of phobia
do you have.
OBJECTIVES:

4. WHAT IS PHOBIA?

5. PHOBIA
 A phobia is an excessive
and irrational fear reaction.
 Women tend to be twice
as likely to suffer from a
phobia compared to men.

6. Different Types of
Phobias?
• There are several types of phobias, including
social, situational, animal, and specific
phobias (fear of particular items or objects).
While the list of phobias is almost endless,
we'll take a look at some of the most
common phobias on the next slides.

7. Social Phobia
Also known as social
anxiety disorder,
social phobia is an
excessive fear of
embarrassment in
social situations.
Examples include
fears of public
speaking, meeting
new people, and
other social
situations.

9. Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is a fear of
in a situation from
which one either cannot
escape or from which
escaping would be
difficult or humiliating.
Agoraphobia tends to
run in families and for
some people, may have
a clear genetic factor.

11. Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia is an abnormal and
persistent fear of closed spaces, as in
elevators, tunnels, or any other
confined space. This type of fear is
excessive and quite common.

13. Coulrophobia
Coulrophobia is
an abnormal or
exaggerated fear
of clowns. It is
not uncommon
among children,
but is also
sometimes found
in teenagers and
adults as well.

15. Zoophobia
• Zoophobia is a
term that
encompasses
fears of specific
types of
animals.

17. Acrophobia
Acrophobia is
an abnormally
excessive and
persistent fear
of heights.

19. Aerophobia
• An abnormal and persistent fear of
flying is called aerophobia. This
phobia generally develops after a
person witnesses a plane crash or
loses a family member in a plane
crash or accident.

21. Blood-Injection-Injury
Phobias
Blood-injection-injury
phobias consist of
several specific phobias
including fear of blood,
injury phobia, and fear
of receiving an
injection.

23. Didaskleinophobia
• Didaskleinophobia, school phobia is
itself a symptom of anxiety disorder
in childhood. It is also known as
separation anxiety which is an
inappropriate fear of leaving their
parents, a person or place of trust or
home for example.

25. Triskaidekaphobia
Triskaidekaphobia
is fear of the
number 13.It is
a superstition and
related to a specific
fear of Friday the
13th.