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Non fiction | Self-Help | Psychology<br />
How to know and defeat Phobias<br />
Agoraphobia, glossophobia, fear of flying,<br />
blood phobia: irrational fears affect<br />
hundreds million people in the world and<br />
manifest in many different forms.<br />
How do phobias grow? Actually, they’re<br />
nothing else but extreme and<br />
disproportionately high reactions of fear,<br />
the most important defensive emotion of<br />
human beings.<br />
Fear helps us react to likely dangers and<br />
makes our body and mind find the best<br />
means to face obstacles; thanks to fear we<br />
can to target dangers, overcome them and<br />
feel untroubled then.<br />
Fear is a vital feeling for us. When it gets<br />
excessive however, it can turn into a<br />
phobia, and become a strong emotional<br />
and psychological response which can<br />
seriously affect the way one interacts with<br />
the world. .<br />
Nowadays science offers us effective<br />
therapies to identify, treat and defeat<br />
phobias, being masters of our life again.<br />
Giampaolo Perna, born in Hartford<br />
(USA) with an Italian father and Japanese<br />
mother.<br />
He is one of the world’s greatest experts of<br />
anxiety disorders and phobias, with more<br />
than twenty years experience on the field.<br />
www.giampaoloperna.com<br />
Giampaolo Perna<br />
Phobias<br />
Knowing and defeating them. How to get<br />
back your lost freedom<br />
Piemme · Milano, <strong>2011</strong><br />
224 pages<br />
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