Elizabeth suffers from a serious Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Watch and hear what she has to say

What is Hemophobia?

Hemophobia is an anxiety disorder in which one suffers an intense fear of blood or injection. This fear is not only triggers on the sight of blood but also when thinking or imagining about blood related incidents. It is derived from Greek words "haima" which means blood and "phobia" meaning fear. This phobia can cause severe anxiety which might result in distinct physical reactions that are not found in other phobias.

What is Aerophobia?

Aerophobia is persistent and obsessive fear of being airborne commonly happens when flying with airplanes. The term Aerophobia is derived from Greek words "aero" and "phobia" meaning air and fear respectively.
This surprisingly common form of anxiety disorder affects more and more people everyday. This anxiety disorder prevents people to from going far away places that they want or need to go. This prevents sufferers to get expose to more business opportunities as those would require extensive flying schedule.

Heather Locklear

Star of the 'Dynasty' and 'Melrose Place' is suffering from anxiety disorder and depression. Cece Yorke, Heather Locklear's publicist has confirmed that the actress is currently seeking medical treatment at a facility in Arizona to deal with her anxiety disorder and depression.

Astraphobia may be defined as a persistent, abnormal and unnecessary fear of thunder and lightning. The term astraphobia is derived from Greek words 'aster' and 'phobos' meaning star and fear respectively. This needless phobia causes great amounts of distress to number of people around the globe. People who have astraphobia usually will not speak about their problem to others. Astraphobia is also more common in dogs.

Arachnophobia is a type of specific phobia and can be defined as an unusual fear of spiders. The term arachnophobia is derived from Greek words 'arachne' and 'phobia' meaning spider and fear respectively. Many people experience fear only mild while some people have great fear for spiders.

Arachnophobia is one of the most wide spread phobias and is more common in women than in men. About half of ladies and 10% of men are arachnophobics.

Is arachnophobia an act of cowardliness?

Social Anxiety commonly known as social phobia is a kind of anxiety problem. Too much of self-consciousness and extreme shyness create an irrational fear.

This anxiety problem is called as social phobia. Social phobia prevents a person from participating in day to day social activities.

Abdominal pain is one of the symptoms of a person experiencing frequent anxiety attacks. The anxiety sufferer might think he or she has an ulcer but it more than likely is associated with the excess acid produced by a churning stomach. The underlying causes that result in abdominal pain can be very difficult to suppress for the anxiety sufferer but relief will definitely ease some of the stress on the patient. Let's look at a few ways to get anxiety-related abdominal pain under control.

Something that happens when an anxiety sufferer has an attack is that the body's internal temperature goes up. There is more heat produced and the obvious reaction the body has is to sweat profusely. Sweating is part of the body's cooling system and if a person did not sweat he or she would be susceptible to serious heat injury to include heat stroke. One particularly troublesome problem for the anxiety sufferer is that the profuse sweating during an attack oftentimes will occur in the most embarrassing of situations and usually within a social context. Imagine giving a presentation to corporate management and breaking out in huge drops of sweat because of your inner anxiety. Those observing on the outside don't really know that the sufferer is having an anxiety reaction so they begin to draw conclusions that this person was not prepared or some other negative evaluation. Of course the anxiety sufferer is also aware of his or her situation and experiences embarrassment because of the sweat which can serve to add to more anxiety. This is definitely a symptom the anxiety sufferer wants to get under control but how?

A troublesome symptom of anxiety is that the sufferer is always in anticipation of some catastrophic event that threatens his or her safety and well-being. These catastrophic events can be real or imagined but all are real to the anxiety sufferer and it keeps the nerves on edge. Being on edge is not always because of the anticipation of negative events. For example, do you remember the last time you were on edge waiting for a potential employer to call after your interview? However with anxiety disorder, the on edge condition usually has to do with the patient expecting the worse. Oftentimes the anxiety sufferer does not even know what the worst is. The solution to being on edge usually involves cognitive behavioral therapy in an attempt to get the patient to learn new approaches to dealing with fears that put him or her on edge.