PHOBIAS AND HOMEOPATHY

A phobia is a persistent irrational fear of an object or a situation that's generally considered harmless. Phobias are characterized by four factors:

• A persistent, irrational fear of an object or situation.
• A powerful desire to avoid the object or situation.
• Significant distress associated with the problem.
• Recognition

It is estimated that one person in every ten has a particular phobia which causes them attacks of extreme panic that can occur at any time and in any place

CLASSIFICATION:

Social phobia - fears involving other people or social situations such as performance anxiety or fears of embarrassment by scrutiny of others, such as eating in public.

Specific phobias - fear of a single specific panic spiders, snakes, dogs, elevators, water, waves, flying, balloons, catching a specific illness, etc.

Agoraphobia - a generalized fear of leaving home or a small familiar 'safe' area, and of possible panic attacks that might follow

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS - PHOBIA:

1. A persistent, irrational fear of a specific object
2. An immediate response of uncontrollable anxiety when exposed to the object of fear
3. A compelling desire to avoid what you fear
4. When facing the object of your phobia, an experience of panicky feelings, such as sweating, rapid heartbeat, avoidance behavior, difficulty breathing and intense anxiety
5. Anxious feelings when merely anticipating an encounter with what you fear

TREAT YOUR PHOBIAS WITH HOMEOPATHY:

Fear, apprehension, anxiety, associated with travel ….ARGENTUM NITRICUM
Feelings of homesickness…. CAPSICUM
Fear of Darkness and being alone…THUJA
Fear of snakes ….THUJA
Afraid of all kinds of things, esp. in dark…PHOSPHORUS
Fear of being misrepresented, dishonored and humiliated – STAPHY
Fear of People, delusion of being watched – HYOSCYAMUS
Fear of Dogs, animals – BELLADONA
Fear of death+++, fear of alone – ARSENICUM
Fear of heights and claustrophobia – CALC. CARB.
Fear of crowds, a fear of falling, even fear that the heart might stop – GELS
Fear of robbers and intruders – NAT. MUR
Fear of downward motion – BORAX
Fear pointed things, knives, forks of – SPIGELIA
Fear of being touched – ARNICA
Fear of Flying - ACONITE