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Imaginary Evil !
Imaginary Evil !
The most common phobia (persistent, irrational fear) for which people seek psychiatric treatment was also the first to be diagnosed : agoraphobia. The term was coined in the late 1800s by the German neurologist Alexander RarI Otto Westphal. From the Greek for “fear of the marketplace,” it signifies an abnormal fear of open or public places.
Westphal observed that this phobia keeps its sufferers away from such places as streets, stores, tunnels, public transportation, churches, theaters, and the postffices at noon. Most agoraphobics were, and continue to be, women. Onset is usually between eighteen and thirty-five years of age and often begins with an unexpected spontaneous panic attack that cannot be easily controlled, creating a generalized fear in future and similar situations.
People with agoraphobia are often emotionally repressed. Their parents may have been fearful and overprotective or may have forced the child to take on too much responsibility too soon. Though many agoraphobics eventually seek treatment, they usually do not pursue it for as long as ten years after the disorder arises.
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