WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTATION!

Presented by: TRN TH THY TRANG

H TH HUYN TRANG
V NH THC HUYN
V QUNH TRM
NGUYN C TRUNG

OVERVIEW
1. Definition of pet hates, fear and phobia.
2. Discussion about personal fear and phobias.
3. Distinguish between the fear and the
phobia.
4. Some symptoms of phobia.
5. Some influences of fear and phobia on
people.
6. How to treat the phobia?
7. Discussion: Pet hates change as you get
older.
8. The fears about the future.

DEFINITION OF PET HATES, FEAR

AND PHOBIA
1/ Pet hates:
Pet hates are something that is disliked
intensely and is a constant or repeated
annoyance.
They are also defined as things that
certain people find irritating.
Example:
- Hating bossy people.
- Loathing finding hair in food.
- Dislike shop assistants who ignore
the customers.

DEFINITION OF PET HATES, FEAR

AND PHOBIA (contd)
2/ Fear:
Fear is a feeling of agitation and anxiety
caused by the presence or imminence of
danger.
It is controllable.
3/ Phobia:
Phobia is an irrational, intense and
persistent fear of a specific thing or
situation.
It is more than just being afraid and
uncontrollable.

EXAMPLES ABOUT THE

FEAR/PHOBIA OF SOME FAMOUS
PEOPLE

The famous singer Rihanna is frightened of underwater

animals.

The actor in Harry porter series film Daniel Radcliffe is

terrified of clowns.

The scientist Louis Pasteur was scared of the germs.

The actress Jennifer Aniston fears flying.

The queen of pop Madona is afraid of thunder.

DISCUSSION: DO YOU HAVE ANY

FEARS AND PHOBIAS?
Some common fears:
- Psychological: heights, weight gaining,
death, ghosts, darkness, crowd, thunder
- Animals: spiders, mice, snakes, bees, germs,
dogs, black beetles, worms

DISCUSSION: DO YOU HAVE ANY

FEARS AND PHOBIAS? (contd)
Some typical kinds of phobia:
Psychological conditions:
- Acrophobia: The fear of heights.
- Agoraphobia: The fear of open spaces.
- Claustrophobia: The fear of enclosed
spaces.
- Coulrophobia: The fear of clowns.
- Hemophobia: The fear of bloods.
- Sociophobia: The fear of social situations.

DISCUSSION: DO YOU HAVE ANY

FEARS AND PHOBIAS? (contd)

Non-psychological conditions:
Hydrophobia: The fear of water.
Heliophobia: The fear of sunlight.
Phonophobia: The fear of sounds.
Osmophobia: The fear of smells.

DISCUSSION: DO YOU HAVE ANY

FEARS AND PHOBIAS? (contd)

Animal phobia:
Apiphobia: The fear of bees.
Chirotophobia: The fear of bats.
Cynophobia: The fear of dogs.
Entomophobia: The fear of insects.
Musophobia: The fear of mice.
Ophidiophobia: The fear of snakes.

DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE FEAR

AND THE PHOBIA
FEAR

PHOBIA

- Controllable.

- Uncontrollable.

- Normal feeling.

- Psychological problem.

- Rational response.

- Severe irrational/intense
reaction.

- People trend to fight with

their fear.

- People trend to avoid their

phobia.

- Temporarily.

- Permanently.
- If the fear is so strong, it
will become the phobia.

SYMPTOMS OF PHOBIA:

Your professional or social life is negatively

affected by your irrational fears.
Your feelings wont go away and seem
irrational even to you.
You have palpitation, chest pain, dizziness
You are in sensation of suffocation
(breathlessness), fainting, trembling,
sweating
You become mad and lose control.
You have stomachache and nausea.

INFLUENCES OF FEAR AND PHOBIA

ON PEOPLE
Positive influences:
- Fear is considered as a peoples defense
mechanism.
- Make people become more vigilant and careful.
Negative influences:
- People are always under the pressure of their
phobias.
- People may be in danger if they cant control
their emotions.
- People will have negative activities to avoid
their phobias.
- Making bad impacts on peoples health (both
physical and mental).

HOW TO TREAT THE PHOBIA?

Try to step-by-step approach your phobia.
Expose to the fear/phobia in a safe and
controlled setting.
Observe and imitate people who are not
afraid of what you fear.
Get the help of technology to cure the
phobia.
Learn about phobias (phobias are common,
having a phobia doesnt mean that you are
crazy, phobias are highly treatable).
Learn relaxation techniques (deep breathing,
meditation, muscle relaxation).
Try to replace the feeling of fear with a
feeling of relaxation.

PET HATES CHANGE AS YOU GET

OLDER OR NOT?
Possible:
- You are affected by others.
- You are affected by surrounding
environments.
- The changes of your habits and life.
- Your awareness (you want to change your pet
hates because of some reasons).
Impossible:
- Pet hates have developed into fears and
phobias.
- Your pet hates are not negative.

THE FEARS ABOUT THE FUTURE

Why do people have the fears about the
future?
- The present life is in a trouble, deadlock.
- Perfectionism.
- Unselfconfident.

THE FEARS ABOUT THE FUTURE

(contd)
-

Some common fears in the future:

Jobs.
Loves and marriages.
Relationships.
Families.
Ages.
Health.
Finances.
Beauties.
Deaths.

THE FEARS ABOUT THE FUTURE

(contd)
Some solutions to control the fears
about the future:
- List long-term and short-term goals.

- Think simply.

THE FEARS ABOUT THE FUTURE

(contd)
- Have optimistic attitude.

"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not

okay then it's not the end"
(Paolo Coelho)

GAME
The players have to remember some kinds
of phobia that mentioned earlier.
The players will choose a number and a
letter.
If the picture and the meaning match, the
player will receive a gift and have one
more chance to choose.
Otherwise, the turn will be given to
another player.

TRY TO REMEMBER!

Some common kinds of phobia:

Zoophobia: The fear of animals.
Heliophobia: The fear of sunlight.
Hydrophobia: The fear of water.
Phonophobia: The fear of sound.
Osmophobia: The fear of smell.
Entomophobia: The fear of insects.
Hemophobia: The fear of blood.
Mysophobia: The fear of germs, dirt/
contamination.

Mysophobia

Hemophobia

Hydrophobia

Zoophobia

Entomophobia

Heliophobia

Phonophobia

Osmophobia

REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia
http://helpguide.org/mental/phobia_symptom
s_types_treatment.htm#what
http://www.medicinenet.com/phobias_picture_
slideshow/article.htm
http://psychology.about.com/od/phobias/a/pho
bialist.htm

THANKS FOR YOUR LISTENING!