Anxiety/OCD
What is a Phobia?
By THC
Oct 25, 2004, 12:08

 

What if I get anxious in response to a specific situation

Situational anxiety is different from everyday fear in that it tends to be out of proportion or unrealistic. For example, a disproportionate fear of driving on freeways, spiders or flying in a plane. Situational anxiety becomes phobic when you actually start to avoid the situation. For example, if you begin to avoid driving on freeways, spiders or flying in airplanes. The biggest problem that this creates is that you never have to be in a situation with your fear. This makes the fear stronger. Exposure to your feared object or situation will likely teach you that your fear is unrealistic. It is possible to experience this anxiety in response to just thinking about being in that situation. This type of anxiety usually goes away when you find something else to occupy your mind. 

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