MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'fear of spiders'. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:24:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665935&cid=t_376646_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fliving-in-fear-whats-your-phobia%2F photo: Thinkstock Boo! Sorry, we didn’t mean to scare you. More phobias exist than we could possibly list in this post – and more than 19 million American adults have them. Usually, our fears are founded during childhood around the age of seven. When confronted with a specific phobia, the brain reverts to fight or flight. Phobias are very treatable, but most people with deep-rooted fears never seek treatment (because they’re scared, probably). We want to know what our Blisstree audience thinks about phobias. Do you have a specific fear? (spiders, clowns, darkness, escalators, whatever.) Take our poll, and elaborate in the comments, below. Hey, no judgments – we’re scaredy-cats, too! #MicroPollDiv_261270 { width: 250px; margin: 0px auto; } via CNN Post from: BlissTr... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665935 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:30:56 +0100 3665935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208698&cid=t_376646_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fwhat-are-phobias%2F Fear of Caves is one phobia Phobia’s A specific phobia is a fear of a particular object or place which is so severe that it affects your way of life. It is possible to develop a phobia for almost anything, but some of the most common phobias are fear of heights, fear of spiders or mice, fear of enclosed spaces (known as claustrophobia) and fear of blood or injections. Many of us feel some anxiety about these things, perhaps realistically since if we did not fear heights, for example, we might have more accidents! But there is a difference between this ordinary reaction and a phobia, which results in a person going to extreme lengths to avoid the object or situation they fear. For example, if you have a phobia for injections rather than just a natural dislike of them, you might be unable ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208698 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:11:04 +0100 3208698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205124&cid=t_376646_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FNYoCK4JetCs%2F Fear of Caves is one phobia Phobia’s A specific phobia is a fear of a particular object or place which is so severe that it affects your way of life. It is possible to develop a phobia for almost anything, but some of the most common phobias are fear of heights, fear of spiders or mice, fear of enclosed spaces (known as claustrophobia) and fear of blood or injections. Many of us feel some anxiety about these things, perhaps realistically since if we did not fear heights, for example, we might have more accidents! But there is a difference between this ordinary reaction and a phobia, which results in a person going to extreme lengths to avoid the object or situation they fear. For example, if you have a phobia for injections rather than just a natural dislike of them, you might be unable ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205124 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:11:04 +0100 3205124