Most people have a phobia or fear of something, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); about four to five percent of Americans (at least 7.2 million people) experience a clinically significant phobia. To be able to actually treat a phobia, a person must have to understand it. The kinds of phobias, symptoms, and treatments can all be related in the world of phobias. There are many different phobias within the human population such …showed first 75 words of 470 total…

…showed last 75 words of 470 total…exposed either quickly or incrementally to the feared object or situation. By confronting, it makes the patient get used to their phobia and loses their fear. Summarizing, there are three main kinds of phobias, which are social phobia, agoraphobia, and acrophobia. Seeing the symptoms and causes, anxiety, phobic, and psychological disorders are all a part of phobias. Also, learning about treatments of phobias, a person should use antianxiety drugs, antidepressant medications, and /or exposure therapy.