Theories Of Phobias

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According to Seth J. Gillihan from Psychology today, countless individuals experience different levels of anxiety for many different reasons. One of the most common anxiety disorders are phobias. Phobias have subcategories that are animals, natural environment, blood, injections, injuries, and other situations. The examples that Gillihan writes are, “spiders, snakes, heights, thunderstorms, shots, seeing blood, flying, and elevators”. These are the most common Sub-categories of phobias. Gillihan states that, “genetic differences among individuals had a big effect on the development of phobias”. During an interview, it was concluded that 45% are animal fears and 41% are blood, injection, and injury fears. As the numbers acknowledged the fact