phobia is an excessively irrational fear of a particular situation or object. The word irrational means something that is not natural or irrational, but it happens. This phobia is one of the anxiety disorders out of many other anxiety disorders, now phobia is still a category with OCD which is an anxiety disorder, why is phobia categorized as an anxiety disorder? Because individuals who suffer from phobias, will feel intense anxiety characterized by avoidance, heavy sweating, and fear. ____________________________________________
____________________________________________ Why do phobias occur? Behaviorists explain that phobias occur because these behaviors are learned based on conditioning and observational learning. The point is, if someone suffers from this phobia because he learns constantly that the thing he is afraid of is something that must be avoided, there are also several factors behind this phobia, namely cognitive and genetic factors.
This cognitive factor occurs because:
- Excessive sensitivity to cues threat
- Excessive prediction of a danger
- Self-defeating thinking - Irrational beliefs ____________________________________________
____________________________________________ Actually, this phobia must also have a diagnosis made by a psychologist. But someone can tell whether it is a phobia or just a natural fear experienced by everyone, for example Snakes are dangerous animals. Just like lions, tigers, crocodiles and other wild animals. Having a fear of these animals is normal, because it includes protecting ourselves from threats. But it is different if that fear occurs with all animals. To fish, cats, rabbits, to insects, now that's what is called phobia with animals, everyone must have a fear. But seen from the intensity of the fear, whether that fear interferes with daily life or not, there are many things that can motivate a person to suffer from a phobia. Actually, not only phobias, all psychological disorders can occur for various reasons. So that is why an assessment and diagnosis by a psychologist / psychiatrist must be carried out