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Phobias: Not Just Fear

Posted on October 06, 2008

I was browsing some of my regular news sites and came across an article in CNN.com s Living section about phobias. (It was actually a syndicated article from a New York Times company, go figure.) In the piece, which actually gets to some good suggestions at the end, it promulgates a common misrepresentation of what a phobia is: A specific phobia, or an excessive and unreasonable fear of a specific object, place or situation, afflicts about 19 million people in the U.S., according to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. Okay, that s fine. That s the shorthand version ...

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anxiety , bipolar , bipolar disorder , depression , phobia