Understanding Phobias
There is usually an excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared object. Phobias are the most common form of anxiety disorders. They involve persistent, intense anxiety responses to specific feared stimuli. Because of this, a person with a phobia will either go out of their way to avoid a situation, or endure it with great difficulty.
Specific phobias relate to specific objects and are the most common type of phobia. The majority of specific phobias don't cause any real problem. This is because when a feared entity is not present, it doesn't produce a phobic reaction. An example of this would be a business woman with a fear of pigs living in the city. As long as the object of her fear is not in the immediate environment, she can live without the phobia interfering with her daily routine. But other phobias such as agoraphobia and claustrophobia can make life very difficult, especially when daily activities involve some level of contact with what is dreaded. Some specific phobias, such as a fear of certain types of people can begin early in life. These phobias usually dissipate with maturity and social contact. Other phobias, such as a fear of insects, heights or flying, often develop later on in life. Social phobias can cause high levels of anxiety in social and public situations. Sometimes they can develop from an effort to make sense of a feeling of panic: The person assumes that because they feel anxiety they must be afraid of something, and so a new object or situation becomes a new phobia.
Gradual exposure to a feared object or situation is a good way to train your imagination to desensitize the phobic environments that cause you anxiety. Using suggestion and imagination is another useful way to combat phobias. Here are some examples:
Fear of Flying
Phobic suggestion: I hate flying. I don't feel safe in the air.
Positive suggestion: I enjoy flying. I feel completely safe in the air.
Social Phobia
Phobic suggestion: I wonder what everyone will think of me.
Positive suggestion: I love going out with friends. I look and feel great.
Agoraphobia
Phobic suggestion: I need to get out of this place before I collapse.
Positive suggestion: I'm safe and secure. I'm in full control.
Needle Phobia
Needle phobia or Belonephobia is basically a fear of sharp objects such as needles or pins. Even minor procedures such as taking a blood sample can create quite a strong resistance in a person. From what I've observed in my own clients, this fear of needles can eventually develop into a stronger fear, not only of needles, but also of objects or situations associated with needles. Examples of these would be syringes, dental equipment, blood, band-aids, medicinal creams, white coats, or even the smell of hospitals. The phobia is often caused by traumatic childhood events, but may also be the result of over-reactive parents or family members in the presence of sharp objects. It affects many people, often to the extent that it causes the sufferer to avoid seeking medical care and attention. Those with needle phobia tend to stay clear of the medical profession altogether. This is the biggest problem that faces its large population of sufferers. Science has also shown us that needle phobia has a genetic component. It's a genetic trait that once had a survival value for mankind. Many of our ancestors were continually introduced to dirty, infectious needles prior to the twentieth century. So in an effort to remain infection free, we naturally tend to avoid needles. Our unconscious has been programmed to believe they are a threat, more than a cure. This is why people naturally tend to fear needles.
It's common for young children to be afraid of needles, but in time most outgrow their fear. Other children become adult needle-phobics. Some children have an acute sensitivity to pain; so needle procedures that are painless for one child can cause considerable pain and trauma in the needle-phobic child. When dealing with a needle-phobic child, parents can use positive reinforcement. For example, if the child is distracted by a toy and doesn't make a fuss, this should be reinforced by saying, "Now that was easy, wasn't it." And the next time your child gets an injection remind them of their previous success by saying, "Remember the last time you were here? It was easy, wasn't it?"
Rewarding your child is a good way of strengthening positive reinforcement. Gradual exposure to needles can help a child overcome their phobia. If you let your child watch another child who is comfortable with receiving an injection, a kind of buddy system is put in place. Now the comfortable child can support the fearful child. This is a very useful way of changing a child's attitude to needles.
An important step in gaining freedom from needle phobia and phobias in general, is the re-education of your belief system. This is done by rooting out misinformation and replacing it with truth. Regaining self-control is done by learning how to relax around feared objects, people and situations. By reintroducing yourself slowly to the feared object through imagery in self-hypnosis, you can inform your subconscious that there is actually nothing to fear.
By studying and concentrating on the needle within your mind, you can gradually expose yourself to its harmlessness, thus reducing its fearful effects in the present. A person doesn't need to be able to touch the sharp end of the needle to prove to themselves that they are over a phobia. To a degree, the sharp end is meant to be feared, because it's sharp; but not to the extent where it has become a phobia.
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