People can have unreasonable fear {phobia} {phobic reaction} {phobic neurosis} of objects or situations.
symptoms
Phobia involves persistent, irrational, and generalized fear or panic, provoked by specific stimuli, and autonomic-nervous-system over-activity, such as sweating, tremors, faintness, choking, breathlessness, and stomach queasiness.
age
Specific and limited phobias typically start in early childhood, and diminish during adolescence.
theories
According to learning theory, if people are intensely afraid of objects or situations that others do not fear, the objects or situations associate with childhood fears, such as loud noises or falling. According to psychoanalytic theory, feared objects or situations have become symbols of something feared unconsciously. However, facts do not support these theories.
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