Phobia problem coming back??
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This happened to me too, I had a severe phobia of wasps, I went for hypnotherapy and was completely cured for several years, then it started to come back again after the winter, because I'd 'forgotten' not to be afraid anymore. But all I need to do is go back for a 'top-up' session and I can get back to being unafraid again.
So I am sure that you can get control of your phobia again too. With your condition, it is important to keep taking your meds, and if you think about it you are not putting anything alien into your body, just reinforcing its natural processes, although I do understand why you feel that way, you should try to turn your attitude around to a positive one about your medication. Its not like you are smoking or taking illegal drugs which might harm you, this is something you need to be healthy. As your doctor about help to take control of your fear again, or, I would strongly recommend hypnotherapy as a way of dealing with phobia, I have found it very effective. Good luck!
If you need the medication for a condition like Thyroid you need to continue to take it, look at like this, not taking it can exacerbate your anxiety, I have had a similar problem and decided that one way or the other i was better taking them than not and gradually the phobia/panic disappeared. If you are very concerned why not book an appointment to see your doctor who can allay your fears.
A phobia (from the Greek φόβος "fear"), is an irrational, persistent fear of certain situations, objects, activities, or persons. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject. When the fear is beyond one's control, or if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made.
It is generally accepted that phobias arise from a combination of external events and internal predispositions. Some phobias such as arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and ophidiophobia (fear of snakes) however, may arise more easily due to an evolutionary trait that conditioned humans to fear certain creatures that could cause them harm. In a famous experiment, Martin Seligman used classical conditioning to establish phobias of snakes and flowers. The results of the experiment showed that it took far fewer shocks to create an adverse response to a picture of a snake than to a picture of a flower, leading to the conclusion that certain objects may have a genetic predisposition to being associated with fear. Many specific phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. Social phobias and agoraphobia have more complex causes that are not entirely known at this time. It is believed that heredity, genetics, and brain chemistry combine with life-experiences to play a major role in the development of anxiety disorders and phobias.
Some therapists use virtual reality or imagery exercise to desensitize patients to the feared entity. These are parts of systematic desensitization therapy.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be beneficial. Cognitive behavioral therapy lets the patient understand the cycle of negative thought patterns, and ways to change these thought patterns. CBT may be conducted in a group setting. Gradual desensitisation treatment and CBT are often successful, provided the patient is willing to endure some discomfort and to make a continuous effort over a long period of time.
Anti-anxiety or anti-depression medications can be of assistance in many cases. Benzodiazepines could be prescribed for short-term use.
These treatment options are not mutually exclusive. Often a therapist will suggest multiple treatments.
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any problems with phobias are never cured, with phobias you have good days and bad days. I suffer from agoraphobia, sometimes I can go out, others I can't.
With a phobia you learn to manage them, they are never completely gone from your system. Any little thing like being stressed can bring the phobia's back, then you have to start all over again to stem the phobia back into a manageable way of life.
It will always be a struggle to cope with phobia's so keep working on trying to control the problem, Good luck.
Phobias are an outward interpretation of internal anxieties. The phobia is just symbolic of an underlying cause. Have a look on these websites they be able to help and give you some information
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