RESEARCH PAPER

1. Title Page

PHOBIA

A Research Paper
Presented to
Mr. Neil A. Improgo
Faculty of the English Department
Manolo Fortich National High School
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Course
English IV
by
Edwina Lerongan

October, 2009

2. Acknowledgment


The researchers would like to express their sincerest and profound thanks to the following persons who extended help and encouragement to make this study a reality;

Mr. Neil Improgo, English Teacher, for his valuable and expert advise, knowledge and excellent ideas, thus supporting, advising, and supervising us.

Dr. Erlinda C. Chico, Secondary School Principal II of Manolo Fortich National High School, for her understanding and cooperation in allowing the researchers to use the Computer Laboratory for their research work;

Miss Methuselah K. Arenas, Class Adivser, for her sincere and moral support;

To Mr. Perceiveal Lance Enderes for allowing us to used the computer laboratory and for the moral support.Teaching us some techniques in making our presentation mor beautiful;

To our parents, for the support and concern that serves as the researcher’s inspiration during the making of the study.The financial support that they gave to us;

Above all, to Almighty GOD, for the enlightenment, strength, wisdom patience and guidance which He bestowed upon the researchers all times.

3. Dedication

To
Our beloved parents,
friends and classmates;
our relatives, teachers and
most especially to
the school where our future lies
MANOLO FORTICH NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
This humble piece of work is dedicated.

Edwina Lerongan

Maegan Trazona

4. Table of Contents


Page

TITLE PAGE i

ACKNOWLEDGMENT ii
DEDICATION iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv
Outline 1
Introduction
Body
Conclusion

WORKS CITED

APPENDICES

A. Picture

B. Videos

C. Concept Map

Outline 1

Intoduction

As technology arises in our generation people became so dependent on it. Some dont even

mind if what are things happening. They are only concern on th present life. One of the this are

the people who suffer an intense fear on things , persistent fear of certain situations, activities,

or people. When the fear is beyond one's control, or if the fear is interfering with daily life, then

a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made. This research is about phobia that

is very rampant and very familiar to the society. Many people experience phobia in different

ways. Many are suffering from it and some dont even know that they are already having a

phobia.

Body

A phobia comes (from the Greek: φόβος, phóbos, "fear"), or morbid fear is an irrational,

intense, persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, or people. When the fear is

beyond one's control, or if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of

the anxiety disorders can be made. “Fear” is the normal response to a genuine danger. With

phobias, the fear is either irrational or excessive. The word "phobia" may also signify

conditions other than fear. 1.For example, although the term hydrophobia means a fear of

water, it may also mean inability to drink water due to an illness, or may be used to describe a

chemical compound which repels water. The term photophobia may be used to define a

physical complaint (i.e. aversion to light due to inflamed eyes or excessively dilated pupils)

and does not necessarily indicate a fear of light. Phobias are more often than not linked to the

amygdala, an area of the brain located behind the pituitary gland in the limbic system. The

amygdala secretes hormones that control fear and aggression. Their are many kinds of

phobias and this are the simple phobias which means if you have a simple phobia, it might

have begun when you actually did face a risk that realistically provoked anxiety, Social

phobias which is the intensely afraid of being judge by others, group of anxious people are

subjected to devastating episodes of panic that are unexpected and seemingly without

cause, Agoraphobiameans people who suffer from panic attacks go on to develop agoraphobia,

a severely handicapping disorder that often prevents its victims from leaving their homes

unless accompanied by a friend or relative - a "safe" person, Phobia of Dark -means fear and

avoidance of the dark resulted in minimal deaths and injuries to pre-humans caused by that

which they were incapable of seeing, Fear of Heights means avoiding heights prevented fatal

falls from bringing an end to one who could possibly have future offspring, Being Alone means

avoiding heights prevented fatal falls from bringing an end to one who could possibly have

future offspring, Hospital Phobia means extreme and irrational fear of medical procedures

involving injections or ‘Hypodermic needles’. inherited hypersensitivity to pain and extreme

blood pressure increase due to fond smell or availability of doctors into the operational room,

examination rooms, hospitals, white lab coats, hospital gowns, doctors, dentists, nurses, the

antiseptic smell associated with offices and hospitals,etc. , Phobias of thunder and lightning

means an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning, a type of a specific phobia. During a

thunderstorm, children typically hide in seemingly secure windowless places, such as a

cupboard under a staircase or under their bed. Adults and teenagers share the same thought

mechanism as the aforementioned and will essentially seek solace anywhere one cannot see or

hear the storm and Phobia of vomiting which also called throwing up or emesis is the forceful

expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.

Vomiting may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors,

or elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). People who are accustomed to ‘Vomiting’ are usually

the ‘Sexagenarians/octogenarians’ in their sixties or eighties who usually scares their early

death and have the ‘Phobia’ of surviving more than their expected life span.The effects of

phobia in the patients are in physical, and social.The physical effects of some phobias on the

body are throwing up, fainting spells, panic attacks, and heart attacks. If left untreated, a

phobia may worsen to the point in which the person's life is seriously affected, both by the

phobia itself and/or by attempts to avoid or conceal it. Socail phobia can be especially difficult

to manage, because the underlying fear is of humiliation. Having a phobic reaction can feel

humiliating, reinforcing the fear and making the phobia more difficult to manage.In order to

treat this intense fear of things. Their are some treatments that could be applied.Various

methods are claimed to treat phobias. None are scientifically proven to be effective, and their

proposed benefits may vary from person to person. B.Some therapists use virtual reality or

imagery exercise to desensitize patients to the feared entity. These are parts of systematic

desensitization therapy.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be beneficial. Cognitive

behavioral therapy lets the patient understand the cycle of negative thought patterns, and

ways to change these thought patterns. CBT may be conducted in a group setting. Gradual

desensitisation treatment and CBT are often successful, provided the patient is willing to

endure some discomfort and to make a continuous effort over a long period of time.

Hypnotherapy coupled with Neuro-linguistic programming can also be used to help

remove the associations that trigger a phobic reaction. Considered a pseudoscience by

many.Anti-anxiety or anti-depression medications can be of assistance in many cases.

Benzodiazepinescould be prescribed for short-term use.Emotional Freedom Technique, a

psychotherapeutic alternative medicine tool, also considered to be pseudoscience by the

mainstream medicine, is allegedly useful.These treatment options are not mutually exclusive.

Often a therapist will suggest multiple treatments.

Conclusion

We therefore say that phobia have many types . Phobia did not choose any ages. Phobia is an

effect of an event that made you trigger for this matter and made a symptoms having a

phobia.People who are afraid at some point, those people with phobia's will have an

exaggerated fear caused by predictable, consistent trigger.For finalization fear is a form of

phobia,and the effect that will be more exaggerate fear will be the effect of the phobia.

WORKS CITED

APPENDICES

A. Picture

B. Videos

C. Concept Map