arachnophobia

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  1. um Iraqna phobia is um when someone is a fair
  2. to spiders and not just like afraid when they're like
  3. really scared of spiders, like their whole body shuts down
  4. and everything and like their anxiety gets really bad.
  5. Um the symptoms of Iraq to phobia are being scared
  6. of spiders.
  7. Like your body, your body will completely shut down whenever
  8. you see it.
  9. And it can be, it can be overwhelming for people
  10. with arachnophobia.
  11. You know, they can't they don't they don't know what
  12. to do when they see a spider, it can be
  13. really scared.
  14. Um The symptoms of Iraqna phobia are being scared of
  15. spiders. I just said that uh these these intense fears
  16. often stem from negative past experiences.
  17. So like a really traumatic event in their life could
  18. have been something involving a spider and that's what causes
  19. them to uh to to go into that panic mode
  20. and kind of a breakdown.
  21. Yeah, that is a picture of a spider.
  22. Hope you don't have Iraqi phobia.
  23. Um around the world.
  24. Between 3% and 15% of individuals have arachnophobia and not
  25. every person who feels afraid or on edge of spiders
  26. actually has it.
  27. It um it's a it's a lot deeper than that
  28. just because you see a spider.
  29. It doesn't it doesn't mean that you have Iraq a
  30. phobia. It's a it's a it's a very real serious
  31. mental illness and like you really like it's not like
  32. a joke.
  33. Um a common myth is that if you see a
  34. spider and get scared you have it but you don't
  35. that's not sure.
  36. Um The truth is but people see those spiders it
  37. shuts down, it shuts down their body, they can't react
  38. to it.
  39. It ah it triggers like a traumatic event in their
  40. past and they get ptsd and it's so much more
  41. than just seeing a spider and getting a little scared.
  42. It's a lot of the times they have anxiety attacks,
  43. they um a lot of stuff like that happens whenever
  44. um whatever they see us friday and so in conclusion,
  45. oh no sorry, common treatment for Iraq to phobia is
  46. exposure therapy.
  47. So exposing them to pictures of spiders.
  48. Um the spiders, I I don't know what stage that
  49. would be in, but just just slowly introducing spiders to
  50. where their whole body was shut down whatever they see
  51. on. Um in conclusion, just because you're scared of spiders,
  52. it doesn't mean you have arachnophobia.
  53. I I think it's a common misconception and it's it's
  54. really messed up.