Arachnophobia
Treatments
Introduction
Aversion Therapy
ðąSome people are obsessively afraid of spiders.
Vocabs
Getting closer and closer to Spiders
ð The word comes from the Greek word arachne means spider and phobia means fear
The word for this fear is Arachnophobia.ð·
1st time: Encourage Patient to stand 15 metres from the spider
- infected (adj.) = āļāļĩāđāļāļīāļāđāļāļ·āđāļ
- tendency (n.) = āđāļāļ§āđāļāđāļĄ
- plague (n.) = āđāļĢāļāļĢāļ°āļāļēāļ
- confront (v.) = āđāļāļāļīāļāļŦāļāđāļē
- detergent (n.) = āļŠāļēāļĢāļāļąāļāļāļāļ
- aversion (n.) = āļāļ§āļēāļĄāđāļāļĨāļĩāļĒāļāļāļąāļ
- scientific (adj.) = āđāļāļĩāđāļĒāļ§āļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļāļĒāļēāļĻāļēāļŠāļāļĢāđ
- medication (n.) = āļĒāļē āļŦāļĢāļ·āļ āļāļēāļĢāļāļģāļāļąāļāđāļĢāļ
- phobia (n.) = āļāļ§āļēāļĄāļŦāļ§āļēāļāļāļĨāļąāļ§ āļŦāļĢāļ·āļ āđāļĢāļāļāļĨāļąāļ§
2nd time: Encourage Patient to stand 10 metres from the spider
3rd: Encourage Patient to stand 1 metres from the spider
- obsessively (adv.) = āļāļĒāđāļēāļāļŦāļĄāļāļĄāļļāđāļāđāļ
Reasonsð§
A Mental Condition
They feel that a spider is living there and will attack them.
People who suffers badly from this phobia can't enter the room unless someone checks for the spiders first
E.g. Miss Muffet was so afraid of spiders that she washes her car twice a day, also used a burning cigarette to scare off the spiders
People in Europe believed spider was the cause of the Black Plague that killed millions of people.ðĩ 
But, the actual cause of the Black Plague was infected rats.ð
Nowadays, there are many cheap science fiction movies about giant spiders. However, it doesn't help people with arachnophobia.ð·
A person who suffers from arachnophobia might avoid going near dark corners.
For some people with
arachnophobia, it is just a mild condition.
Their heart might start to speed up or they might have trouble breathing.
Different people suffer to different degrees.