Technology advancement is one of the greatest gifts in our society today. A modern form of treatment called the Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET), was invented and deemed as an effective way to treat certain phobias, anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia.
Date Posted: September 4, 2018
Categories: Adult psychological development, Agoraphobia, Anxiety, Cognitive ...
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Several researches have shown that one effective way to overcome your fears is to face them. Directly facing your fears not only helps one deal with their phobias but also aid people in coping with anxiety disorders.
Aug 28
Categories: Fear, Health Psychology, Phobias
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Having a fear of buttons may sound hilarious, but in reality it can be debilitating. Patients need to be taken more seriously, by both the media and doctors, say experts.
Dec 22
Categories: Phobias, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Imagine a person is terrified of dogs because they once suffered a terrible bite. Following long-established techniques, their psychologist might gradually expose them to dogs in a safe setting, until their fear gradually faded away. This ...
Dec 9
Categories: Phobias
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In 2016, virtual reality is exciting. Be it dogfighting through space in EVE: Valkyrie, defusing bombs in Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, or making a complete ass of an operation in Surgeon Simulator, the past few years have seen the tech finally ...
Sep 23
Categories: Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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People who fear spiders tend to perceive these creepy-crawlies as larger than they actually are, a new study finds.
Feb 25
Categories: Phobias
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My dependence on devices reached an embarrassing low recently. As I hurried to leave for work one morning, I patted my back pocket and realized I did not have my phone. Seconds later, in a fully automatic behavioral response, I patted my back pocket ...
Oct 28
Categories: Phobias
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Study in Nature May Lead to New Therapies for PTSD, Phobias and Anxieties
Jan 23
Categories: Anxiety, Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / ...
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Flight phobia is on the rise in the country following a spate of air disasters.
Malaysian Mental Health Association president Assoc Prof Datuk Dr Andrew Mohanraj said he had treated more patients who confessed to a fear for flying following the ...
Jul 31
Categories: Phobias
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What if you suddenly became intensely afraid of some integral part of your own career? In a recent interview with Fresh Air about her new film Obvious Child, Jenny Slate talked about her sudden-onset stage fright, a potentially career-killing phobia ...
Jul 12
Categories: Phobias, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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A drug used to treat Parkinson's disease could also help people with phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Scientists of the Translational Neurosciences (FTN) Research Center at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are currently ...
Jul 11
Categories: Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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Salvador Dalí, the surrealist painter, was so afraid of grasshoppers that he jumped from a second-floor window at the sight of one. The 19 million Americans who suffer from insect phobias can relate, and I count myself among them. Lockwood suffered ...
Nov 23
Categories: Phobias
GOWhether it is a fear of spiders, snakes or heights, many of us have phobias that we would love to be rid of for good. Now, a new study suggests that we can, by watching other individuals interact with the object or scenario that frightens us.
Sep 18
Categories: Phobias
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Does the sight of soap bubbles, aerated chocolate or a lotus flower seed pod bring you out in a cold sweat and make you feel panicky? If so, you could be a sufferer of one of the most common phobias you have never heard of – trypophobia, or the ...
Sep 4
Categories: Phobias
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