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How to Fight Phobia

Stop fear. Think …change.

Regia Marinho
2 min readJul 9, 2022

“When you have mastered fear then you have mastered all.”
Stephen Richards.

A phobia is a disorder of persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation.

A mental disorder by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear of something…

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The most common phobias.

The most common fears people hold

  • Acrophobia: fear of heights.
  • Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying. Sometimes the fear of flying is actually more closely linked to a fear of enclosed spaces.
  • Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces.
  • Entomophobia: fear of insects.
  • Cynophobia: fear of dogs.
  • Astraphobia: fear of storms.
  • Trypanophobia: fear of needles.
  • Agoraphobia: fear of open spaces…

You can change that. Think about why you feel that feeling.

Ways to fight your fears.

  • Breathe through panic.
  • Take time out. It’s impossible to think clearly when you’re flooded with fear or anxiety.
  • Don’t try to be…

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Regia Marinho
Regia Marinho

Written by Regia Marinho

I publish tech, art, food, AI, AR, architecture, interior design, fashion, and photography articles. Ideas to inspire the world through art. @regiaart

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