What do you call phobia where people are afraid to leave home?
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It depends on how severe the fear is, if it is very mild it could be classified as social anxiety disorder or if it is extreme it would be agoraphobia.
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fear of abandonment. and generalizing that fear to all relationships.  they are probably much more insecure in general and may have a need to be a people pleaser as a side effect of this fear.  they also are probably very guarded and careful of relationships or close friendships, because of their fear- and at the same time are careless because they might figure no matter what the person is going to leave. a person tends to repeat the behavior because they are scared.  scared of messing up thenmselves- and think it is better to not be there, or scared of the responsibility.
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It sounds like "old memories" type of deal. Maybe subconsciously when you go back home, you are remembering it and you feel like you can't recover in front of these people, so the fear comes back. Does that make sense to you?
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Do you mean claustrophobia?
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If you are talking about phobias, there are way too many, it is impossible to discuss in here. I am sending a list of phobias, pick the ones that you are interested in for your paper, write the name on a search engine, i.e yahoo, goggle and see what comes up.\n\nGood luck\n\nhttp://www.phobialist.com/
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agoraphobia is A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)..
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its human nature to have obsessive fears i have a fear of clowns and small spaces(claustrophobia) dont stress so much about it because it will only make it worse
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It is called an anxiety attack! You have phobaphobia- the fear of having an attack and\npossibly of being embarresed in front of your family or friends. You may fear you are going to have a heart attack and die. Finally, you may fear that you are going crazy! You must find out \nwhat is going on. You don't need lots of drugs and expensive doctors. You need the knowledge of just what the causes are, or what may trigger an attack. Read the paperback " Hope and Help for Your Nerves" by Dr. Claire\nWeekes. It should be in your library. Once you find out what is really going on, YOU will be in control. Some counseling, some xanax, and some reading, might be all that you require.You\nmay expect this to take a year or two, but remember that YOU have the power to lessen\nthe severity and frequency of these attacks.\nNote: stress is a leading cause. If you are always arguing at home or being bullied by someone else, it's time to find out, without paying shrinks thousands of dollars. They are\nprobably crazier than you are. YOU have the\nPOWER and you are your own worst enemy!\nDo it and give me 10 points.
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On people's irrational fears.
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You might have a phobia of some sort. \n\nPsychologists recommend "desensitization.' You do it by exposing yourself, a little step at a time, to your source of phobia, until such time when you no longer have the phobia. \n\nIf you're scared of being home alone for more than an hour, try to be alone and do enjoyable things for an hour, then for an hour and a half, then for two hours, and so on and so forth, until such time that you no longer harbor any fear of being left home alone.
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A fear of enclosed places.
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stay out of the house
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In my work, I do meet people with all sorts of phobias - and they can be extremely phobic. Buttons was a recent one - they were OK if they were on clothing but one on the floor would send them into a total panic - screaming, the lot. Also met fear of ice cubes, fear of vomiting, fear of bouquets, fear of balloons, fear of parsnips to name a few. Having said that, not sure what name each of these has! The trouble with phobias is that they don't make much sense - perhaps we all have irrational bits from time to time.
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It's a phobia, so it doesnt have a rational explanation. It could be something from your childhood, like maybe you were really little and were scared of falling off of something, or saw something that bothered you while on a bridge or a high floor, and internalized it as a phobia. The answer would be different for everyone, but usually its an internalized fear of something that you don't consciously realize.
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The American Heritage Dictionary on Yahoo! defines phobia as\n"A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous." It is a form of anxiety disorder.\n\nAn American study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that between 8.7% and 18.1% of Americans suffer from phobias. Broken down by age and gender, the study found that phobias were the most common mental illness among women in all age groups and the second most common illness among men older than 25.\n\nThere are three types of phobias:\n\n* social phobia - fear of other people or social situations;\n\n* specific phobias triggered by a specific object;\n\n* agoraphobia or fear of everything. \n\nI have a fear of heights which developed at an early age.
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Ohhhhh, man.  That is so hard on you.  I have anxiety about that myself but I have learned to overcome it.  Just tell yourself there is nothing to fear (doesn't always work).  My phobia about it simply involves the fact that I feel I cannot breathe because there will be no oxygen.  That is untrue, but that is how I feel.  \nAvoid any closed rooms that do not have a window.  Movie theaters are very difficult.  I have a phobia about catching a cold when I am in a movie theater, so I usually don't go.    \n\nPlease go to a licensed psychologist who can help you overcome this problem.    Best wishes to you.  I am glad you don't have agoraphobia. My friend had that and the doctor put her on medication and made her go to places she was afraid of.  Now she can go anywhere.
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People I barely know inviting themselves to spend their vacation at my house.\n\nThat's happened SO many times, I feel like having a panic attack just thinking about it.\n\nSOME people just don't know when it's time to leave. SOME, think they can just moonwalk in and take charge of your household.  They complain that you don't have any food that they like and give you advice that you never asked for.  RUDE!\n\nMAN!  Everytime someone calls to let me know that they've invited themselves to move in for a week or two, I cringe and feel like I can't get any air.