Phobia, defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "an extreme or irrational fear or aversion to something". Each person can experience different types of phobia; some people suffer from Arachibutyrophobia, which – believe it or not – is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth, and others suffer from Phronemophobia, which is the fear of thinking, can you imagine? Phobia greatly affects the lives of those who suffer from it, as it is something they cannot control or change without the help of a professional. Many who suffer from specific types of phobia are held back in life because of it; you feel like loose strings are binding you, so you can easily free yourself from them, yet your brain rejects the ability to do so. I suffer from arachnophobia, which is the fear of spiders, and I decided to base my article on this topic, since it is something I experience very often. As I went down the stairs to go out and meet my friends, I turned on the lights and, to my surprise, right in front of me is my worst nightmare and I remain paralyzed, not knowing what to do and too scared to make the slightest movement . Tears begin to flow down my face, involuntarily, and I go blank. I try to call someone to help me, when they come down to see my expression they automatically understand what happened and start laughing at how terrified I am, they take a tissue and come over and just like that, pick it up and throw it away. Something that is my worst nightmare, something that has the ability to paralyze me and make me feel like my heart is beating out of my chest, is just a little bug to others. Psychoanalysis is a method of psychological therapy that was originated ...... middle of paper ...... there is a pure example of classical conditioning. Since the shock from what I didn't expect – in my case, a spider crawling on my hand – is the unconditioned stimulus, the spider is the neutral response, and my reaction is the unconditioned response. This would have helped me because I would have understood that my fear does not come from the spiders themselves, but that the spiders have become the conditioned stimulus, and that every time I see a spider it triggers the fear and shock that I felt the first time I had an encounter with the Araneae. In conclusion, there are many explanations for why people develop phobias for certain things. Sometimes it might be caused by a childhood experience that has stayed with you into your adult life, and sometimes it might be triggered by a neutral stimulus after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, making it the conditioned stimulus..