A specific phobia is a persistent and irrational fear of a particular object or situation. People with this may fear animals or places or people really common ones are like dogs, blood, spiders, airplanes. This fear is so severe that a person may experience physical symptoms and panic attacks. Panic attack disorders though they're a lot less common they affect I think about one to two percent of the population. There will probably be heaps of options and more options in the future about how do we actually help people with these disorders to overcome that debilitating sense of interruption in their lives.
On this episode we discuss anxiety in our 20’s. We talk about the body on anxiety, different anxiety disorders and the unique triggers in our 20’s.
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