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nounan anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
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- claustrophobic suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
- agoraphobic suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
- xenophobic suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
- systematic desensitisation a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
- phobophobia a morbid fear of developing a phobia
- algophobic suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain
- desensitization technique a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
- anglophobic characterized by Anglophobia
- systematic desensitization a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
- desensitisation procedure a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished