Phobia is an extreme irrational fear for an aversion to something
A phobia is a persistent, excessive, unrealistic, fear of an object,person, animal, activity or situation. It is a type of anxiety disorder.
A person with a phobia either tries to
1)Avoid the thing that triggers the fear
2) Attack and be violent to the opposed object in other to repress the fear
3)Or endures the fear with great anxiety or distress

Homophobia is the fear of a sexual orientation that is contrary to yours and in other to suppress that fear you discriminate, dislike and prejudice to any form of sexual orientation that is contrary to your own sexual orientation

Homophobes and hypervigilante
Hypervigilante is extremely or excessively vigilant: highly or abnormal alert to potential danger or threat after an accident or an assault most homophobes tend to feel unsafe so they attack to have a reduced startle threshold, and to be hypervigilante
Hyper vigilant-An elevated state of constantly assessing potential threats around you-is often the result of trauma. Homophobes who have been in combat, have survived abuse, or have post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can exhibit hypervigilance.
PTSD can be caused by a wide variety of incidents

Hyper vigilance is a disorder
Homophobes experiencing hyper vigilance are unusually sensitive to the environment and people around them. It is not a condition in itself but a way of behaving that may be caused by trauma or an underlying mental health problem. When homophobes experiences hypervigilance their subconscious is constantly anticipating danger
Anxiety is one of the most common cause of hypervigilance

Homophobia is a mental illness and needs to be treated
Homophobia is the inward direction of societal homophobic behaviors at individual level and refers to the subjective Psychological impact of these negative attitudes. Infact homophobia is significantly associated with a high prevalence of internalizing mental disorders such as depression,aggression,stress trauma-related disorders etc
In particular initiatives, and scientific research should be promoted on the specific focus on the mental health and treatment of homophobes

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