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[film] Phobia is a thriller film released in 1980. The film stars Paul Michael Glaser from TV`s Starsky and Hutch. It was directed by John Huston for Paramount Pictures. == Synopsis == Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Ross (Glaser) M.D., is using radical techniques on his patients to cure them of thei...
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[band] == History == The band was formed in 1990 by founding members Shane McLachlan, Bruce Reeves (Mange), (Destroyed In Seconds), Zach Southall, and Marco Soriano, recording the "What Went Wrong?" demo soon after they formed. The band followed up with the All That Remains 7" E.P., released...
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[disambiguation] A phobia is an irrational fear. Phobia may also refer to: In music: ...
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[The Kinks album] Phobia, released in 1993, was the twenty-third and final studio album by English rock group The Kinks before they disbanded three years later in 1996. ==Track listing== All songs by Ray Davies, except as noted ==Personnel== ...
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[Breaking Benjamin album] Phobia is the third studio album by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. It was recorded at The Barbershop Studios in Hopatcong, New Jersey and released August 8, 2006 through Hollywood Records. ==Overview== Phobia was released on August 8, 2006 and quickly sold ou...
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[comics] Phobia is a fictional DC Comics supervillain of the New Teen Titans. ==Fictional character biography== Born a member of the British aristocracy with the power to make people experience their worst fears, Angela Hawkins III was a "bad seed" who rejected any help from her family. When...
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[n] - an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
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a persisting fear of and desire to avoid something
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An irrational fear produced by a specific normal or harmless situation, which the person attempts to avoid. A common example is agoraphobia
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Fear.
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Phobia: An unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. For example, extreme fear of spiders is called arachnophobia, and fear of being outside is known as agoraphobia. Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy...
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<psychology> A persistent, irrational, intense fear of a specific object, activity or situation (the phobic stimulus), fear that is recognised as being excessive or unreasonable by the individual himself. ... When a phobia is a significant source of distress or interferes with social functioni...
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phobic disorder noun an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; `phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias`
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(fo´be-ә) a persistent, irrational, intense fear of a specific object, activity, or situation (the phobic stimulus), fear that is recognized as being excessive or unreasonable by the individual having it. When a phobia is a significant source of distress or interferes with social functioning,...
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an extreme, irrational fear of a specific object or situation. A phobia is classified as a type of anxiety disorder, since anxiety is the chief ... [6 related articles]
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(Gr. phobos fear + -ia) a persistent, irrational, intense fear of a specific object, activity, or situation (the phobic stimulus), fear that is recognized as being excessive or unreasonable by the individual himself. When a phobia is a significant source of distress or interferes with social functio...
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phobia A morbid, unexplained terror of something.
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A phobia (from the φόβος, Phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportio...
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phobia: see neurosis.
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A phobia is an intense and irrational fear of a given situation, organism, or object. A list of Some more common phobias:
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Type: Term Pronunciation: fō′bē-ă Definitions: 1. Any objectively unfounded morbid dread or fear that arouses a state of panic. The word is used as a combining form in many terms expressing the object that inspires the fear.
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Excessive irrational fear of an object or situation – for example, agoraphobia (fear of open spaces and crowded places), acrophobia (fear of heights), and claustrophobia (fear of enclosed places). Behaviour therapy is one form of treatment. A specific phobia is a severe dislike of a particular thi...
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An extreme, irrational, fear of something that may cause a person to panic. Examples of common phobias include fear of spiders, flying in an airplane, elevators, heights, enclosed rooms, crowded public places, and embarrassing oneself in front of other people.
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1) Anxiety disorder 2) Cause for inaction, maybe 3) Dread 4) Irrational fear 5) Malady in the film 'vertigo' 6) Phobic disorder 7) Phobic neurosis 8) Psych 101 subject 9) You may have one for spiders
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