Word: phobias
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...root of the problem in most cases is an extreme form of social anxiety or phobia. "It is a fear that can literally make it impossible to speak," says Dr. Elisa Shipon- Blum, a Philadelphia-based clinician who specializes in treating selective mutism. As with most social anxieties, SM is more common in girls and is believed to have a strong genetic component. About 70% of kids with SM have an immediate family member who also struggles with social anxiety...
...about how they speak and present.According to Herman, however, some students shy away from public speaking opportunities and might not be so fond of a course devoted to this topic.“I think some students love it and some students are intimidated by it. The most common phobia that people experience is public speaking,” Herman says.Regardless of whether or not students would enjoy a course in public speaking, Engell, Houfek, and Herman all say that proficiency in public speaking is crucial to success in every career.“Harvard educates world leaders...
...Today, we know that “homophobia” is not a phobia at all, in the sense that it is not a pathological fear. As Bunmi Olatunji, the author of a 2002 University of Arkansas study, summarized, homophobia is “not a conceptually accurate [term].” That is because homophobia implies a pathological disgust tantamount to anxiety or fear of homosexuality. In reality, participants in the Arkansas study reacted with “moral contempt” to homosexuality...
Pappin was voted extended floor time to respond to critics. “Homophobia is not something that even counts as a phobia,” the Crimson quoted him. “Homophobia is not based on anxiety or fear. It’s based on disgust for homosexual sexual actions...
...imagery throughout is so dreamlike and beautiful, if creepy (those with a phobia of overly-realistic dolls and circus performers are hereby warned), and the structure loops back on itself so many times, that it is impossible to tell what is a dream and what, if anything, is real. All the characters are impassive until they are physically attacked, making them impossible to read, which heightens the sense of uncertainty. There are no jump-in-your-seat moments, but the overall effect is profoundly unsettling...