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Blood phobia (also known as hemophobia or hematophobia in American English and haemophobia or haematophobia in British English) is an extreme irrational fear of blood, a type of specific phobia. Severe cases of this fear can cause physical reactions that are uncommon in most other fears, specifically vasovagal syncope (fainting). [ 1 ]
The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., an addictive substance, a medication) or another medical condition. The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is not better explained by the symptoms of another mental disorder, such as panic disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, or autism spectrum disorder.
One possible cause explained is that a young child's developing mind can have trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy when confronting fictional characters such as Mickey Mouse in human size. [5] Another possible explanation for this phobia is that most children as they are taught not to talk to strangers can be confused and paranoid when ...
When you’re filled with anxiety, says Jewel, “your brain goes offline and all the blood goes to the amygdala,” the brain structure whose job it is to assess threats and regulate emotions.
Fearfulness within the sight of outsiders is thought to be developed around 6 months of age. In fact, that fear of strangers increases throughout their first year of life. The beginning of stranger fear is accepted to be adaptive, offering balance to infants' tendencies toward approach and exploration and adding to the developing attachment system.
The first phase discussed was about talking more. Ludwig states that there cannot just be an increase in talking but also an increase in expressing and talking about how one feels. The point of this phase is to get an individual talking no matter how ridiculous or trivial it may seem.
An article based on a National Comorbidity Survey reported that 1/3 of people with lifetime social phobia had glossophobia [11] Another survey of a community sample from a Canadian city reported that of people who believed being anxious in one or several social situations 55% feared speaking to a large audience, 25% feared speaking to a small ...
Considerable research has been conducted into the causes of glossophobia, with a number of potential causes being suggested. One proposed explanation is that these anxieties are a specific symptom of social anxiety produced by fearfulness related to the fight-or-flight response, which is produced by a perceived threat; [2] this triggers an elevated defense reaction in the sympathetic nervous ...