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Overview
Symptoms
- A persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity or situation.
- An immediate response of uncontrollable anxiety when exposed to the object of fear.
- A compelling desire to avoid and unusual measures taken to stay away from what you fear.
- An impaired ability to function at normal tasks because of the fear.
- Often, the knowledge that these fears are out of proportion with the stimulus.
- When facing the object of your phobia, an experience of panicky feelings, such as sweating, rapid heartbeat, avoidance behavior, difficulty breathing and intense anxiety.
- In some cases, anxious feelings when merely anticipating an encounter with what you fear.
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