Anyone knows about phobias, dyslexia, autism?
March 10th, 2010
  • Not anything like depression, but does anyone have first hand experience with people with mental problems? I am writing a book on it and it would be nice to have real experiences from people who know about them. I particularly am interested in phobias.


  • To write a book about such problems it would be best to do deep and thorough research in books and journals rather than asking about experiences on yahoo questions. There are any number of phobias and new ones being identified almost daily. Dyslexia is a learning difficulty, characterized by seeing words letters and numbers in the wrong order. Autism is extremely complicated and had many expressions. There is no one simple description. None are really mental problems. they are learning or social disabilities.


  • Hmm I had selective mutism.. It is a mental thing where you are very nervous in a way to speak. I am not sure what else goes along with this.. I was young!


  • All of the above...worked with autism for 20 yrs., daughter has phobias, nephew has dyslexia and autism.


  • Phobia
    Disruptive fear of a particular object or situation
    Fear is out of proportion to actual threat
    Realization that fear is excessive
    Symptoms must interfere with job or social life
    Two types:
    Specific
    Social

    Specific Phobia
    Unwarranted fear of specific object or situation
    Snakes, blood, flying, spiders, etc.
    High comorbidity of specific phobias
    Also comorbid with physical disorders

    Social Phobia
    Persistent, intense fear of social situations
    Fear of negative evaluation or scrutiny
    More intense than shyness
    33% also diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder
    Often begins in adolescence
    Generalized or specific
    Depends on range of situations avoided

    Don't know much about dyslexia, just that they experience a great difficulty with reading and writing, usually changing certain letters.

    Autism is a complex disorder and the intensity can vary, you can have individuals that can't speak at all, and you have ones that can with little difficultly, they have an abnormal preoccupation with objects, so if they find something they find interesting they could stare at it for hours and it would be rewarding for them. There senses are also different, one person I know with autism likes to be squished. It's hard to explain because there are alot of different behaviours, your best bet is to research it to get it right.







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