One of the most frequent types of anxiety disorders are phobias, which, according to the American Psychological Association (APA), is a persistent and very marked fear of certain objects or situations. This fear comes to produce great discomfort in those who suffer from it and can even affect the normal development of their daily lives. For the treatment […]
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Surely you have said more than once that you had a phobia of something, an object, a situation, an animal or even a sensation. And it surely wasn’t true. Phobias are a real problem that can affect your whole life, that’s why you need all the information. Discover the definition of phobia, its symptoms, its
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There is a great deal of controversy surrounding medications. While on the one hand they alert us to the risk of self-medication, on the other hand there are those who deny any medication, even vaccines. And indeed, medications are not without their side effects, but in most cases they are absolutely necessary to regain health. Few times in
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There are some phobias that can go almost unnoticed because you almost never have to face the stimulus that causes fear. Others, on the other hand, are very limiting if the focus of your panic is something habitual and you can find it anywhere. This is the case of amatophobia or fear of dust, a disorder
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Some phobias have similarities between them, although they differ by the main stimulus. This is the case of enochlophobia, which is the fear of crowds of people and can often be confused with agoraphobia. It is not the same and you can discover their differences in our dictionary of phobias. What is enochlophobia? Enochlophobia or demophobia is
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Of all the phobias out there, some we manage to understand better while others surprise us a lot. This is the case of Selacophobia or fears of the moon, a disorder that some people suffer from and that causes them unbearable anxiety when they see the moon or even when they think about it. In our phobia we tell
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There are all kinds of phobias and some are better known than others. Some are even spoken of slightly, such as when you say you have arachnophobia because you are repulsed by spiders. But the phobia is actually an emotional disorder that can cause major complications in your life. Discover in our dictionary of phobias what
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When a problem begins to condition your life, it’s time to get down working to. This is just what happens to people suffering from paruresis, popularly known as shy bladder syndrome. We tell you what it is and how to treat this disorder. What is paruresis or shy bladder syndrome? As the psychologist Pedro Martínez explains to us, “those
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When we talk about a phobia of driving, we are actually talking about a phobia of driving both cars and motorcycles or other automobiles, although the most frequent thing is that it is about driving a car. But, what else do we know about specific phobias in general, and about the phobia of driving? What are its
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