How to End Phobias, Anxiety and Panic

Most fears are learned. Some of these are useful, e.g., the fear of touching a hot saucepan. Other fears appear to not be useful; such fears are considered irrational. We know them as phobias.

A phobia is an anxiety about a person, place or thing, which:

- Is out of proportion to any actual danger

- Cannot be reasoned or explained away

- Appears silly to the sufferer, but

- Cannot be voluntarily controlled, and

- leads to avoidance of what is feared.