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Mark Goodworthy's Articles in Fear

  • Do You Fear Your Dentist?
    Taking good care of our teeth is hygienic. The mouth is actually home to thousands of harmful bacteria and if you do not have your teeth cleaned and checked professionally, you could be prone to oral bacteria-related illnesses. Many people think that brushing their teeth is enough.

    Unfortunately, health experts believe that a person should visit a dentist at least twice a year to get their teeth cleaned professionally and checked as well for repair works. This will ensure ...
  • Fear Of The Dentist, Or Fear Of What Might Happen?
    Dentophobia, or fear of the dentist, isn't as uncommon as most people might think. One bad experience can create a horrific fantasy in the mind of a person who is scheduled, or should be scheduled, to see go to a dental clinic. With this “fear of the dentist”, a person's dental health can create some major problems to the overall health of the patient.

    How It Starts

    Fear of the dentist begins with dental anxiety. This is when a person will start to feel somewhat “in dan...
  • Feel Fear In The Sky
    As human beings, it is normal for us to feel fear. Some are afraid of spiders, snakes or the dark, while others fear heights, being confined in small space or even flying. Just like any other fear, the fear of flying can be caused by an irrational belief that the person will die from a plane crash. Even when statistics showed that a person is at greater risk of dying from a car accident than a plane crash. You simply can not rationalize a person’s fear of flying.

    People wh...
  • Get Around Easier, Overcome Your Fear Of Flying
    Imagine this weird situation: you’re cruising in a top of the line jumbo jet then all of a sudden, you freak out and scare the heck out of the people in the jet. You’re going crazy and you’re sweating like a pig because you want to go off the plane, not later but now. But the problem here is that you’re a thousand feet above ground and you can’t do anything about it. This is one peculiarly detailed example of an irrational fear of flying.

    There are a lot of things that aff...
  • What Is Trypanophobia? Are You Afraid Of Injections?
    The fear of injections is called trypanophobia. This is not too uncommon. This fear can be related to needle phobia which is actually the fear of needles, only it involves actual penetration through the skin. This was officially recognized as a specific phobia in 1994 in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition.

    Types of Trypanophobia

    Since trypanophobia is broadly classified as a fear of injections, there are actually four forms of this fear of injections. Th...