Interview

Phobias. What is it? How can it be defined? How does it affect us? A phobia can be defined as an irrational fear or aversion to something. People suffering from phobias usually have feelings of dread or panic when they encounter the source of that fear. The fear can be of a particular object, situation or place. Phobias are more often acquired through a traumatic experience at a young age. But, it is very unclear. Therefore, for this research, we would be conducted an interview to investigated the cause of phobias. The interview would be between two people: a psychiatrist who specialist in diagnosis and treated mental illnesses such as phobias and a victim who has this disorder. At the end, we able to get a better idea of phobias and how it effect certain individuals.

Questions for Expert

1.      What are some of the types of phobia that you have come across upon as a psychiatrist:

“I have come across many kind of phobias. But, the most common ones are acrophobia: the fear of heights, arachnophobia: the fear of spiders, social phobias: the fear of social situation, cynophobia: the fear of dogs, pteromerhanophobia: the fear of flying, and mysophobia: the fear of germs” (Jeremy, 2017).

2.      Are certain people more prone to develop phobias:

      “Yes, women are two or three times more likely to be affected than men because of all the emotion and stress that women tend to have in their every day that can bring on more unhealthy issues” (Jeremy, 2017).

3.      What is the difference between a phobia and a fear:

“The key to distinguishing a fear from a phobia is that that while most people get the jitters if a spider crawls on their arm, people suffering from arachnophobia- the fear of spiders are physically and/or psychologically impaired by it. To be defined as a phobia, the fear must cause some level of impairment” (Jeremy, 2017).

4.      Why do people have phobias:

Phobias are mainly cause because of traumatic experiences that one sees or learned in their environment that can bring on a phobia.

Can social/specific phobia just go away by itself:

“No, it would take some help and time from your parents or friends to cure your phobia” (Jeremy, 2017).

5.      What are some treatments you have giving to your patients:

“I have giving many treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy that has been known to be very effective for many people because people are able to learn different ways to cope with their fear that they able to be confident rather than feeling overwhelmed with all their emotions” (Jeremy, 2017).

Questions for the Victim

1.      What is your phobia(s):

       Trypophobia, well known as, the fear of holes

2.      At what age did your phobia developed:

It was at the age of eleven

3.      Does phobias run in your family:

      No

4.      What are some symptoms that you experience:

“I get feelings of dizziness, nausea, and migraines when I'm close to my fear” (Cownan, 2017).

5.      What have you done to treat your phobia:

“I have actually having done really anything to deal with my phobia. But, I try to stay has from away from my fear, so I wouldn't have no problems in my life” (Cownan, 2017).

6.      Did you witness any frighten event may have trigger your phobia:

“Yes, I actually saw a scared movie when I very young that cause me to have my phobia, the name of the movie was Nightmare on Elm Street” (Cownan, 2017).

                                                                       Reference

(L. Jeremy, psychiatrist, April 26, 2017)

(A. Cownan, personal victim, April 25 2017)