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Nancy is terrified of heights. she avoids high places whenever possible because she experiences overwhelming fear when she is in such an environment nancy never has this problem in any other situation and does not worry about it until she is forced to go to a high place. she is best diagnosed as

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She is diagnosed of having a phobic disorder where a person could feel a enormous amount of fear in a particular activity or an object that would trigger his or her fear. The type of phobia of which she is likely experiencing which is a fear of heights is called acrophobia.
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