Does evolution play a role?
Most people can think of something that's especially terrifying to them. Maybe they're scared of spiders — up to 15% of Americans have arachnophobia — or they have a fear of flying, which some studies suggest affects around 1 in 5 people .First, it's important to note the difference between a phobia and a reasonable reaction to something that is fundamentally dangerous or unpredictable.
A debilitating aversion to water is, according to Rapee, an example of a sensible, entirely rational"precaution" that can transform, for one reason or another, into a full-blown phobia. And it's possible that some of the most common phobias, such as a fear of heights , actually arose due to evolutionary pressures.
In fact, a person doesn't have to have a negative experience to develop a phobia; they could see someone else have a bad experience, or be told or shown repeatedly that something is dangerous. In other words, a parent frequently warning a child about the dangerous ocean, or a person watching movies such as"Jaws" and"Titanic," which showcase the sea as menacing and lethal, could conceivably catalyze the development of thalassophobia, a fear of large bodies of water.
While this idea is still debated, it does seem that people with certain traits are more likely to develop phobias. According to Askew, phobias and feelings of anxiety may even run in families."It may be that some people are more genetically predisposed to developing a phobia," Askew noted. Indeed, research published in 2017 in the medical journal Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience found that generalized anxiety disorder is about 30% inherited.
"Phobias probably last a long time because most people with a phobia avoid the thing they're afraid of," Rapee said."In other words, they do everything they can to not encounter the object or situation and, in that way, they maintain their fear.—Why does 'emotional pain' hurt?
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