| Fear is a natural feeling, people can fear | | | | men and basically in children. They avoid |
| different things all the time and this fear | | | | going to houses that keep cats and dogs as |
| can be a result of any circumstance. When | | | | pets. Besides this people also fear lizards |
| this fear turns into something beyond a | | | | or little insects and they over react if they |
| normal phase and takes a different, much | | | | visit a house where the people have snakes or |
| severe form then it turns into a phobia. | | | | tarantulas as pet. |
| Phobias are defined as an abnormal fear that | | | | |
| becomes hard to control. Psychologists have | | | | Small children are more likely to suffer from |
| given different reasons of phobias that vary | | | | such phobias. They tend to suffer from an |
| from a minute fear of insects to an intense | | | | unknown fear of dogs that they might jump |
| phobia of circumstances and situations. It | | | | over them and bite them. These fears may also |
| may be the result of what may have passed in | | | | be original because of a terrible experience |
| a person's life, a bad experience that leaves | | | | that a person might have gone through in the |
| a permanent mark on the person's personality. | | | | past. An encounter with a dog or any other |
| | | | pet that might have attacked a person and |
| Phobias are natural in humans and even in | | | | after that experience a fear sets in the |
| animals. People fear animals to a point of | | | | heart that becomes hard to overcome. Even |
| being ridiculous and we call such fears | | | | pets that are treated badly or harshly start |
| phobias because of their abnormality. Even | | | | suffering from phobias. They become hesitant, |
| pets themselves suffer from phobias. Now we | | | | meek and they start to whimper and hide under |
| can ponder over a few a few kinds of phobias | | | | the sofas when any human tries to approach |
| to help understand them in a better way and | | | | them. Pets like horses, cats, dogs too suffer |
| this way people suffering from such phobias | | | | from phobias like fearing fire, loud sounds, |
| can be helped and they can help themselves | | | | explosions etc. These phobias are curable |
| when they understand that these fears are | | | | with the help of psychiatrists. The best way |
| superficial and they can be easily overcome. | | | | however, to get rid of a phobia, like all |
| | | | other fears is to force yourself into a |
| Cat phobia is a simple fear of cats, that | | | | situation where you have to face it and be |
| they will jump out of somewhere and scratch | | | | strong, keeping in mind that it will help you |
| someone's face with their claws. This phobia | | | | get over it. |
| is more commonly observed in women than in | | | | |