What is a Phobia?

Anyone living with a phobia will know how limiting and terrifying it can be. A phobia is a seemingly irrational fear of something that can trigger a person's fight/fight/freeze response. One thing is certain; there is no such thing as a silly phobia as far as we are concerned.

What Causes a Phobia?

Regardless of the name or the subject, phobias generally develop by one of two means. Either they are learned from someone like a parent, teacher or someone else important to us, OR, they are the result of a trauma or emotional event at an early age.  A common factor to both is often the feeling of strong emotion at the time we learn or experience whatever that cause may be.