Simple phobias usually develop in early childhood. The classic symptoms may begin between the ages of four and eight. An unpleasant episode like a visit to the doctor for shots or to the dentists for a painful tooth extraction often grows in the child’s mind to give rise to a phobia.
Children who have for example been trapped in a closed, dark and confined space by accident or as punishment may develop a fear of enclosed spaces (claustrophobia) when they are older.
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Simple phobias usually develop in early childhood. The classic symptoms may begin between the ages of four and eight. An unpleasant episode like a visit to the doctor for shots or to the dentists for a painful tooth extraction often grows in the child’s mind to give rise to a phobia.
Children who have for example been trapped in a closed, dark and confined space by accident or as punishment may develop a fear of enclosed spaces (claustrophobia) when they are older.