Question

Although Mark realizes his behavior is unreasonable, he is so distraught by high bridges that he avoids them and takes an unnecessarily long route to and from work each day. Mark appears to suffer from________.

Answer 1

Answer: Specific phobia

Explanation: Specific phobia is a disorder described in the DSM IV among others anxiety disorders. This particular one is related to the abnormal amount of anxiety caused by an unreasonable or irrational object or situation, resulting on the person to avoid those objects or situations and therefore limitating their life quality. Anxiety disorders are often presented with some kind of emotional disorder such as depression or acute anguish.