In this article. Hyperthyroidism is a disorder in which your thyroid gland makes and releases more thyroid hormone than your body needs. Your doctor may say you have an  overactive thyroid , or refer to the condition as overactive thyroid disease.. Your thyroid gland is located in the front of your neck.raves' disease. The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune condition called Graves' disease. The body's immune system creates an antibody that causes the gland to make an excessive amount of thyroid hormone. Graves' disease runs in families, and usually affects younger women. Thyroiditis.
We use the term phobophobia to name the fear of fear or of phobias. (The word phobia comes from the Greek for fear.)
A phobia is an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal. Phobias are more pronounced than fears. They develop when a person has an exaggerated or unrealistic sense of danger about a situation or object.hey tend to develop during adulthood and are often associated with a deep-rooted fear or anxiety about a particular situation or circumstance. Agoraphobia and social phobia are two common complex phobias. Agoraphobia is often thought of as a fear of open spaces, but it's much more complex than this.