Phobias: Those Uncontrolled Fears |
Posted: July 15, 2017 |
Phobias: Those Uncontrolled Fears
We often refer in our daily lives, any kind of fear, and anything that frightens us or we dislike the word "phobia". The etymology of the word is very clear: from the Greek Phobias = Fear. But fear helps us to survive and generally fulfills a positive role, alerting on threats, allowing us to handle situations that are or may be dangerous. Imagine that you suddenly lose the fear of crossing the red light ... I think that would not be a good idea. Now when that fear exceeds the thresholds that allow us to act, overreacting with a paralyzing fear towards objects or situations that are not real threats, then we are in the presence of a pathological fear. In other words, the difference between a healthy, natural fear and a fear that has become a problem, is that in the first we are able to manage and even increase our ability to manage the threat, while with the second we react backwards: Our ability to face the situation is diminished and even disappears, we are paralyzed in the cage of fear. Before we realize "consciously", that is to say before we know that we are afraid, we are already living. Wacky ?, what happens is that our senses first locate something associated with danger, such a feeling, a smell, a sound or an image, and this activates a part of the brain called the amygdala, which alerts to other areas of brain. The result of this are the reactions of sweating, tachycardia, secrete adrenalin, nerve endings under our skin get active, causing the "goose bumps" and we dilate the pupils. We are reacting like a caveman before a saber-toothed tiger: ready to fight or flee. After these reactions have occurred, literally in the blink of an eye, our conscious mind realizes and then confuses all this reaction, a non-threatening situation, with a real threat, such as speaking in public or going out alone To the street or a shopping center. Our mind is able to deceive itself, so that after the first experiences of uncontrollable fear of an innocuous situation, it learns to "create" its own trap: it will suffice with an image in our mind about the situation to create all the emotions And physical reactions that lead to uncontrollable fear. Therefore it is the mind itself that can dismantle this self-deception.
As for names for phobia list there are all that language can create, simply add to the Greek or Latin root of the object or situation the suffix phobia. But in addition they are in constant evolution according to the changes of time and ways of living. For example animal phobias (zoophobes), which before the great growth of urban populations were based on fears of non-urban animals, for example wolves (remembering the sayings, fables and tales that refer to canis lupus ) , However animal-related phobias currently have more to do with city life: rats, pigeons or dogs. As usual, in the search to explain the origin of this phenomenon exist the positions that privilege a biological origin and those who privilege an origin based on the environment (family, aging, etc.). We think that, as with any issue where humans relate to ourselves and the world, there will be a combination, also interactive (back and forth) between biological and environmental factors. Since the mid-1990's there has been consistency in the results of diverse research, for example MRI (Palo Alto California MRI), Barlow and Marks papers published by Oxford University and Giorgio Nardone himself In the CTS of Arezzo Italy, which, for practical purposes, indicate that solutions to this type of problem seem to be clearly more related to what we can do here and now, thereby perpetuating the problem, than with what Has caused in the past. In fact we cannot change the past, neither biological nor environmental aspects. In the words of G. Nardone "He who suffers panic attacks is afraid of what can happen to him, not of what has happened to him." So if to solve the problem of uncontrolled fear reaction we can intervene in what happens here and now, the situation begins to appear more hopeful and clear. We have identified through research and the experience of therapeutic practice, ways of reacting that with the best of intentions we put into practice, but that end up generating the "vicious circles" that perpetuate the fears. We can mention that as the times and the time in which we fall prey to fear pass, one of the attempts we make to get out of it is to try not to think about it, unfortunately trying to "Do not think about fear" is already thinking about the . In this way the thoughts about the fear in question are absorbing more and more of our time each day, bringing with it another factor that perpetuates the problem, the discouragement that makes us see everything through the "lenses" of failure, with the Consequence of overlooking the moments, exceptions, in which we manage to overcome the fear. These exceptions are Gold Ground, because there are successful strategies, involuntary but replicable, to get out of this cage. It is also to be recognized that an important factor that prevents us from overcoming these problems is to resort to avoid situations or objects that cause us fear. Unfortunately each avoidance is what gives us a powerful, constant and devastating message: "I avoided a dangerous situation that I am also unable to face." With the consequence of increasing the fear for the following occasion, giving to the fear a growth in climbing with each avoidance. The subject is quite broad and one of my favorite subjects: it is exciting to look like those who believed to be fearful lambs end up standing like a lions. If you are having a phobic problem I suggest you go with a professional therapist. A small idea to begin to face the fear, is to dedicate to him daily about 15 minutes to write about him. You start to face it in a safe way. This clarifies that it does not replace professional help.
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