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ACTIVE SPEAKING / PART B

FEARS AND PHOBIAS

A serious fear of zombies is unusual, but in fact there are many unusual phobias that humans have.

What is unusual? A serious fear of zombies is unusual. Are there many unusual phobias?

Yes, there are many unusual phobias.

Fear of vomiting, fear of hair, fear of water, fear of buttons and even fear of good news to name just a few. What these fears have in common is they are irrational, illogical, uncontrollable, and have no basis in reality. We call these fears phobias.

Are these fears rational? No, these fears are irrational. Are these fears logical? No these fears are illogical. Are these fears controllable? No, they are uncontrollable. What do we call these fears? We call these fears phobias.

Phobias usually manifest as fears that disrupt our everyday lives, but like all emotions, there is a wide range of intensity.

Do phobias usually disrupt our everyday lives? Yes, they usually disrupt our everyday lives.

Is there a wide range of intensity? Yes, there is a wide range of intensity.

Phobias might be completely paralyzing on the one hand, yet merely unpleasant on the other.

There are three main types of phobias.

How many types of phobias are there? There are three main types of phobias.

Fear of specific things like snakes or spiders, fear of wide-open spaces or crowded places, and social phobias.

Do you have any of these fears?

Theophilus Van Kannel had a classic case of social phobia.

What did Theophilus have? Theophilus had a classic case of social phobia.

He hated interacting with people in general, but his pet peeve was the social obligations he felt at doorways.

Did he hate interacting with people? Yes, he hated interacting with people. What was his pet peeve? His pet peeve was the social obligations he felt at doorways. Do you have a pet peeve?

‘You first, no, no, you first,’ type mini-conversations with strangers really bugged him.

Do these kinds of mini-conversations bug you?

And for some reason the social expectation of a man having to hold the door open for a woman really got under his skin.

What kind of social expectation got under his skin? The social expectation of a man having to hold the door open for a woman really got under his skin. Is there anything that gets under your skin?

In fact, it bothered him so much that it led him to create the revolving door in 1888.

What did he create? He created the revolving door. When did he create it? He created it in 1888. Who created it in 1888? Theophilus created it.

The revolving door was the solution to the anxiety he so often felt when he entered or left a building.

Was the revolving door the solution to his anxiety? Yes, the revolving door was the solution to his anxiety.

Chivalry demanded that men of his time held the door open for a woman, but no longer.

What did chivalry demand? Chivalry demanded that men of his time held the door open for a woman.

The revolving door was a door that was always open and always closed. Problem solved.

Was the revolving door a door that was always open and always closed? Yes, the revolving door was always open and always closed. Did this solve his problem? Yes, this solved his problem.

Not only would Theophilus no longer have to interact with strangers at doorways, it was actually a very environmentally friendly design.

Was this an environmentally friendly design? Yes, this was an environmentally friendly design. What kind of design was it? It was an environmentally friendly design.

With a revolving door, there is never a direct opening between the inside and the outside of a building. This means there is 80% less loss of warm air in the winter, and 80% less loss of cool air in the summer.

Does a revolving door cause less loss of warm air in the winter and less loss of cool air in the summer? Yes, the revolving door causes less loss of warm air in the winter and less loss of cool air in the summer.

This can equal thousands of dollars of energy savings a year.

Can this equal thousands of dollars of energy savings a year? Yes, this can equal thousands of dollars of energy savings a year. How much energy savings? Thousands of dollars of energy savings.

Created as a solution to social phobia, interestingly, the revolving door is also the source of a different phobia.

Was this created as a solution to social phobia? Yes, this was created as a solution to social phobia. Is it the source of a different phobia? Yes, it is the source of a different phobia.

Some studies have reported that when people enter buildings with both normal doors and revolving doors, 70-80% of them choose the normal door.

Do more people choose revolving doors over normal doors? No, more people choose normal doors over revolving doors. Which kind of door do you prefer?

Some people not only dislike revolving doors, they are afraid of them.

Do some people dislike revolving doors? Yes, some people dislike revolving doors. Are some people afraid of revolving doors? Yes, some people are afraid of revolving doors.