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Specific Phobia

What is Specific Phobia?

Specific phobia is an intense and irrational fear of a specified object or situation. A phobia is an excessive fear that results in avoidance of the situation or extreme distress. Some phobias are centered on a specific fear object, while others are complex and tied to different situations or circumstances.

Symptoms of Specific Phobia

  • Unreasonable, excessive fear: The person exhibits excessive or unreasonable, persistent and intense fear triggered by a specific object or situation. Example, fear or dogs, fear of snakes, fear or heights, fear of water, fear of closed spaces like lifts, fear of crowds are very commonly occurring phobias.
  • Immediate anxiety response: The reaction is out of proportion to the actual danger and appears almost instantaneously when presented with the object or situation.
  • Avoidance or extreme distress: The individual goes out of their way to avoid the object or situation.
  • Life-limiting: The phobia significantly impacts the individual’s school, work, or personal life.

Treatment for Specific Phobia

Medicines may sometimes be prescribed to help people manage physical and emotional reactions associated with phobias. Such medications are usually most effective when paired with psychotherapy. Exposure therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) are the two psychotherapy techniques that we use to treat phobias. Exposure therapy involves gradual and progressive exposure to the feared object or situation. Such exposure is paired with relaxation strategies until the fear reaction is reduced or extinguished. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy involves helping people learn to identify and then change the automatic negative thoughts that contribute to phobic reactions.

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