Phobia:
Fear is a normal human emotion. If a person was to get hit by a car while crossing the road and then made a full recovery, he understandably would feel a certain amount of fear when crossing any road the next time. This fear can be defined as rational. If however, the fear of crossing a road becomes so strong that he avoids crossing any road even weeks or months after the accident, then that would then be an irrational fear. That irrational fear is known as a phobia.
There are many types of phobia people suffer from, such as fear of closed space, fear of height, fear of water etc. The most common phobia is social phobia. For people that have been suffering from public phobia for a part or most of their lives, communicating with others could become a challenge. People that are self conscious usually avoid public gathering and therefore may not have much experience of dealing with confrontations with others. Even after certain people overcome their social fear they might realise that they need to brush up on their communication skills.
No matter what type of phobia you may suffer from, there is always an underlying negative feeling that is causing it. I have lived with anxiety disorders most of my life. Because of these anxieties I found it difficult to carry out every day activities and at times I used to feel as though there is no way out and also felt down and gloomy. Only when I managed to release myself from the anxiety disorders, I started to feel confidant around people. Different types of phobia including social phobia is covered in my e-book "The Root Cause".
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