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Guy Baglow's Articles in Fear

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  • Driving You Crazy: Driving Phobia And Its Treatment
    It’s a surprise to most people – including those that suffer from it – that driving phobia is one of the most common phobias.

    This is because it’s a hidden phobia: sufferers are embarrassed by it so they go to great lengths to accommodate and conceal their fear. And they think they are alone. But they are not. Their condition is well understood by phobia specialists and their symptoms, avoidance patterns and responses are very similar to those of other silent sufferers.
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  • Public Speaking: The Mother Of All Fears
    In a much quoted survey of the things people fear most, public speaking came out as the number one fear. Death came third.

    So what is fear of public speaking and why does it generate so much fear in so many?

    What is fear of public speaking?

    Fear of public speaking is an intense and irrational fear of being judged by others when speaking in front of them - or of being embarrassed or humiliated in such situations - causing dread, panic and avoidance.

    More accurately...
  • The Legendary Fast Phobia Cure
    A man with a spider phobia walks into a room. His phobia means that he can’t even look at a picture of something that looks like a spider without having a panic attack. So he unconsciously scans the room for spiders as he sits down in a comfortable chair opposite a therapist. Twenty minutes later he is standing in the middle of the room with a spider on his hand and a smile of his face.

    A remarkable therapist? Probably not. A fluke? No: this kind of thing happens all the t...
  • The Science Of Phobias
    Here's how phobias work.

    There are two parts to your mind - one that thinks, and one that feels.

    The thinking part is the conscious, rational mind that you are using now as you read this.

    The feeling part is the unconscious, emotional mind. It takes care of automatic tasks like regulating the heart, controlling pain and managing our instincts.

    It's the unconscious mind that is programmed to act instinctively in times of danger. It reacts very fast - making you run...
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