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