Phobias: Fighting the Fear
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Helen Saul. Phobias: Fighting the Fear
Phobias: Fighting the Fear. Helen Saul
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction. Fight the Fear
The Hidden Epidemic
A Few Famous Phobics…
…And Some Fictional Ones
From Antophobia to Zoophobia
Up in the Clouds
CHAPTER 1 History. In the Beginning
Cartesian Logic
Locke and Empiricism
Darwin and the Dawn of. Modern Science
Freud on Fear
Little Albert
Computers, Cognitivism and Progress
CHAPTER 2 Evolution. Living Without Fear
Age-Old Anxieties
The Evolution of Fear
Animal Instincts
CHAPTER 3 Genetics. Icy Fear
Three Generations
A Family Story
Bundles and Blankets
Double Trouble
Computer Synthesis
The Hare and the Tortoise
CHAPTER 4 Neurophysiology. Personal Magnetism
Hearts and Minds (and Lungs)
A Breath of Fresh Air
Ready for Anything
Adrenaline
Sleep No More
Caffeine High
States and Traits
CHAPTER 5 Behaviour. Triumph Over Phobia
Self Help
Do It Yourself
Fight Fear With Fear
A Bitter Pill
Behaviour Therapy – the Easy Way?
Courage Under Fire
Why Does It Work?
CHAPTER 6 Cognition. Testing
Spiralling Out of Control
Squaring the Circle
Disgust
Risk Assessment
Know Yourself
CHAPTER 7 Personality and Temperament. Three-Dimensional Personalities
The Inner Child
Family Likeness
Inhibition, Fear and Phobias
Triple Jeopardy
Challenging Fate
CHAPTER 8 Gender and Hormones. A Pregnant Pause
The Numbers Game
Teamwork
Migraine and Marriage
Girl Power
CHAPTER 9 Light and Electromagnetism. Mary’s Story
Magnets and Migration
Strip Lights and Seizures
Alternative Applications
Any Answers?
CHAPTER 10 A Physical Problem? The Inner Ear
Palpitations
Dyslexia and a Lack of Balance
Conclusion. Into the Future
The Next Hundred Years
Breaking Down Barriers
Further Reading. Introduction. Fight the Fear
From Antophobia to Zoophobia
Chapter 1: History. In the Beginning
Cartesian Logic
Locke and Empiricism
Darwin and the Dawn of Modern Science
Freud on Fear
Little Albert
Chapter 2: Evolution. Living Without Fear
Age-Old Anxieties
Chapter 3: Genetics. Icy Fear
A Family Story
Bundles and Blankets
Double Trouble
Computer Synthesis
The Hare and the Tortoise
Chapter 4: Neurophysiology. Personal Magnetism
Hearts and Minds (and Lungs)
A Breath of Fresh Air
Ready for Anything
Adrenaline
Sleep No More
Caffeine High
States and Traits
Chapter 5: Behaviour. Self Help
Fight Fear With Fear
Behaviour Therapy – the Easy Way?
Courage Under Fire
Chapter 6: Cognition. Testing
Disgust
Risk Assessment
Chapter 7: Personality and Temperament. Three-Dimensional Personalities
The Inner Child
Family Likeness
Inhibition, Fear and Phobias
Chapter 8: Gender and Hormones. A Pregnant Pause
The Numbers Game
Teamwork
Migraine and Marriage
Girl Power
Chapter 9: Light and Electromagnetism. Mary’s Story
Magnets and Migration
Strip Lights and Seizures
Alternative Applications
Chapter 10: A Physical Problem? The Inner Ear
Palpitations
Dyslexia and a Lack of Balance
Conclusion. Into the Future
The Next Hundred Years
Breaking Down Barriers
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author. PHOBIAS
Copyright
About the Publisher
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Hans was agitated and could think and speak of nothing else for the rest of the day. Soon afterwards, he developed a phobia of horses. He started crying on his normal walk to the park with his nursemaid, and wanted to be taken home. He was afraid a horse would bite him and later, at home, afraid that a horse would come into the room. He became reluctant to go out at all and was quiet and withdrawn in the evenings.
His parents were devotees of Sigmund Freud and Hans’s father wrote to Freud about the horse phobia. The case of Little Hans, as it became known, was the first published account of child analysis, and became celebrated as a key success in psychoanalysis. Freud believed it was proof that sexual urges are an essential part of the development of phobias.
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