There are three main types of phobias, and all of them fall under the category of anxiety disorders: specific phobias (the most common type of phobia), social anxiety disorder, and agoraphobia.6,9 What they have in common, according to Mazza, is an intense emotional reaction that is not commensurate with what is actually happening in the environment, and the avoidance of the stimuli is what maintains the intense, emotional reaction.
With the proper treatment, many phobias can be cured. While specific phobias may seem less complex than the other types, treatment for all phobias actually is quite similar. “That’s one of the things that should be encouraging for people with anxiety,” says Lily Brown, PhD, an assistant professor and the director at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. “There’s actually a lot of data that the same principles that are efficacious for social phobia treatment are also really efficacious for treating social anxiety disorder and agoraphobia.” Read More – https://anxietyocdbala.com/what-we-treat/specific-phobia/
