Everyone is afraid of something or someone. In principle, this is normal - only those who are not aware of the dangers and risks are not afraid of anything. But there are ordinary fears, and there are phobias, and they are quite different from each other. And if, in principle, it is possible to get rid of fear, but it is not necessary, then it is worth treating phobias.
Everyone knows that there are no phenomena without causes. Everything happens not by itself, but due to certain prerequisites. There, any human emotions, delight, joy and even fear are caused by something. That is why it is impossible to get rid of something without first finding out the reasons. This method also works with fears: before you fight them, you need to honestly admit what causes them. However, this is easy to do only at first glance.
What is the difference between fear and phobia? Fear is a normal, normal reaction of the body to an extreme or simply life-threatening situation. The instinct of self-preservation is triggered, which simply does not function without it.
Perfectly he althy and normal are the fears that nature itself has laid in a person, because they are caused, first of all, by the instinct of survival, self-defense and self-preservation. This, toFor example, fear of heights, deep water, fires, snakes and other dangerous reptiles. Therefore, it is not worth fighting such fears, unless, of course, the dream of a lifetime is the profession of a high- altitude, fireman or submariner.
However, sometimes fears develop into phobias, and this is a serious reason to see a doctor. A phobia is a fear that cannot be explained. It is not only unsupported and unjustified, not required for survival, and also useless. A phobia is a fear of something, most often completely harmless, or a multiple increase in danger.
For example, fear is when, because of the fear of buzzing insects, a person will never go to the apiary, will not climb into the beehive and bypass the tenth road fruit stalls, over which wasps circle in summer. But a phobia is because of the fear of meeting with dangerous insects to sit at home without getting out and not even open the windows. And then suddenly something will fly by.
Phobia is an extremely unpleasant feeling, completely capturing consciousness and preventing a person from adequately looking at things, thinking rationally and logically. Experiences take over the mind, and a person can do something stupid and even dangerous.
For example, a rather stupid phobia is the fear of bald people, the so-called peladophobia. It sounds ridiculous, but there are people who really suffer from it. Or, on the contrary, they suffer from pogonophobia - the fear of bearded men. Yes, nonsense and only, but real nonsense. Many people know the reason for their phobias. For others, it is unknown, and then it is worth contacting a psychologist.
Phobia is steady,persistent and irrational fear accompanied by anxiety, rapid heartbeat, sweating, dry mouth or choking, trembling, and even chest pain. Phobias can be accompanied by nausea, bad sensations in the stomach, dizziness and even fainting, as well as a feeling of unreality of objects and one's own personality. Phobias can cause loss of control over oneself, up to complete insanity, chills, or, conversely, fever, numbness or tingling in the body.
The most common phobias are social phobia (fear of publicity, other people's attention, fear of making mistakes in public, humiliation and embarrassment) and agoraphobia (fear of getting into a situation where there are no people nearby who can help in case of an unforeseen situation). The remaining phobias are called isolated and there are many types. This, for example, is the fear of cats, spiders, ticks, snakes, dogs, the horror of heights, water, depth or thunder with lightning, the fear of darkness, fire, sea, rain, enclosed space, something alien, crowds, criticism, and more. many others.
As you can see even from this short list, there is not the slightest sense in such fears. And you need to fight them if phobias affect a person’s capacity, interfere with life and cause stress. How to treat phobias? First of all, contact a specialist. And the easiest way that the doctor will advise is the gradual and forced habituation of oneself to the object that causes such irrational fear. In addition, hypnosis, self-hypnosis is used. Once you get rid of the phobia, life will be much better.
