Laura has a fear of snails. when she sees a snail, she screams and runs. she is afraid to go outside after it has rained for fear that she will step on a snail. she hires a gardener to take care of her yard so that she won't risk encountering a snail. laura has:

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June Mejia

19 February, 23:53

Laura has a fear of snails. when she sees a snail, she screams and runs. she is afraid to go outside after it has rained for fear that she will step on a snail. she hires a gardener to take care of her yard so that she won't risk encountering a snail. laura has:

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Goodman · Answer 1

Laura has "a specific phobia".

A specific phobia means when someone shows signs of an anxiety disorder which contains some unbelievable and unreasonable fear about some specific object or environment. This fear may appear while confronting that object as well as even with the imagination of the object or situation. Like in the given case Laura has a fear of Snails.