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    A phobia is an irrational fear that causes a person to want to avoid the feared situation or object. Social phobias, like speech anxiety, involve a fear of social situations where one may be judged or embarrassed. Speech anxiety is caused by learning experiences, attention and memory processes, and beliefs and interpretations. Symptoms of speech anxiety include physical reactions like blushing, trembling, and panic attacks as well as cognitive fears of being judged or criticized. Treatment involves repeated exposure to feared situations and cognitive therapy to replace anxious thoughts with more realistic perspectives.

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    A phobia is an irrational fear that causes a person to want to avoid the feared situation or object. Social phobias, like speech anxiety, involve a fear of social situations where one may be judged or embarrassed. Speech anxiety is caused by learning experiences, attention and memory processes, and beliefs and interpretations. Symptoms of speech anxiety include physical reactions like blushing, trembling, and panic attacks as well as cognitive fears of being judged or criticized. Treatment involves repeated exposure to feared situations and cognitive therapy to replace anxious thoughts with more realistic perspectives.

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    A phobia is an irrational fear that causes a person to want to avoid the feared situation or object. Social phobias, like speech anxiety, involve a fear of social situations where one may be judged or embarrassed. Speech anxiety is caused by learning experiences, attention and memory processes, and beliefs and interpretations. Symptoms of speech anxiety include physical reactions like blushing, trembling, and panic attacks as well as cognitive fears of being judged or criticized. Treatment involves repeated exposure to feared situations and cognitive therapy to replace anxious thoughts with more realistic perspectives.

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    A phobia is an irrational fear that causes a person to want to avoid the feared situation or object. Social phobias, like speech anxiety, involve a fear of social situations where one may be judged or embarrassed. Speech anxiety is caused by learning experiences, attention and memory processes, and beliefs and interpretations. Symptoms of speech anxiety include physical reactions like blushing, trembling, and panic attacks as well as cognitive fears of being judged or criticized. Treatment involves repeated exposure to feared situations and cognitive therapy to replace anxious thoughts with more realistic perspectives.

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    PHOBIA AND SPEECH ANXIETY

    BAU ENG300
    A PHOBIA IS A SITUATION OF FEAR DURING AN ACTIVITY, OR
    THING THAT CAUSES THE PERSON TO WANT TO AVOID IT.

    • TYPES OF PHOBIAS:
    • Specific Phobias: extreme fear of a specific living thing, object or situation (animals,
    blood, heights, etc…).
    • Social Phobias: fear of being in a performance or social situations due to the feeling
    of being judged by others or behaving in a way that could cause embarrassment
    (speech anxiety).
    • Agoraphobias: fear of being outside or being in a situation, which one either cannot
    escape from, or escaping would be difficult or humiliating.
    CAUSES OF SPEECH ANXIETY:
    • LEARNING HISTORY:
    • Direct learning experiences- can begin following a traumatic experience
    • Observational learning experiences- learn to fear a situation by watching others show signs
    of a fear in the same situation
    • Informational Learning- learning to fear an object or situation by hearing or reading that the
    situation is dangerous
    • ATTENTION AND MEMORY
    • BELEIFS AND INTERPRETATIONS
    • BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
    SYMPTOMS OF SPEECH
    ANXIETY:
    • PHYSICAL:
    • Blushing
    • Shaky voice and trembling of hands and feet
    • Sweaty or cold hands
    • Panic attacks
    • Muscular tension
    • Confusion
    • Difficulty making eye contact
     
    COGNITIVE
    • Fear of being judged or criticized
    • Anxiety or fear of having attention put on you
    • The belief that others see you as anxious, weak, crazy or stupid
    • Fear of meeting strangers
    • Fear of authority figures
    PERSONALITY TRAITS:
    • Low self-confidence and self-esteem
    • Negative thought patterns
    • Undeveloped social skills
    • Treatment of Speech Anxiety
    • EXPOSURE TO FEARED SITUATIONS: confronting a feared situation repeatedly, until
    the situation no longer triggers fear
    • COGNITIVE THERAPY: learning to identify one’s anxious thoughts and to replace them
    with more realistic thoughts
    • ANALYZING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS: asking oneself- “why are you scared to do certain
    things?”
    •THANK YOU

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