Fear+or+Phobia??

Fear or Phobia??
=Sometimes its hard to tell if you have a fear or a phobia, but if you break it down it's not as hard as you think. An example of this would be say that you went to __Valley Fair__ for the day with a group of friends. You didn't ride the roller coasters with them because you are to scared. Your other friend couldn't even touch or look at the roller coasters because she was so deathly afraid of them. Most people would know that you would just have a fear, and your friend would probably have a very bad phobia. There is a difference between the two and that is one way you can tell. (The fear of roller coasters is known as veloxrotaphobia.) Also when I say the fear of.. that means the meaning of the phobia, but the point is that a fear and a phobia are two different things.=

= See a Doctor or Therapist = == =One other way you can tell if you have a fear or phobia is to see a doctor or therapist. They're the people who can diagnose you with your condition, tell you if you need medication or not, and make sure you know how severe of a phobia you have.=

= Think about the Factors = = You can also think about the factors of the fear/phobia. A phobia would be if you have something that is almost impossible to control, and a fear would just be something your scared of.=

= = = Is it Taking Over your Life? = =The last way to determine if you have a fear or a phobia is to think is this taking over my life? If it is than it would be a phobia, but if not its most likely just a fear. Don't get me wrong fears are bad too, but not nearly as bad as phobias.=

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