Is There a Connection Between Phobia and Trauma?

"I had phobias I was dealing with, even though at the time I didn't know what a phobia was," he says. "As an adult, the suggestion of any kind of intimacy with a woman was full, full-blown panic" He also suffered from recurring nightmares over decades that were never different or less terrifying than when they first started. 'There's no connection between the phobias and the trauma,' his therapist tells him.