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Phobias
Ok, so i have a phobia, or many I guess, that is related to anything medical... Like, doctors, deseases, even pregnat ladies make me uncomfortable.
And it's really hard because if you notice, everything nowadays has medical stuff. Like on TV, there are so many hospital/doctor shows, like House and ER... And the commercials, like the anti-smoking commercials where they show details the inside of someones lungs or something, im not sure.. i can't watch it or i'll have a panic attack.
When I was younger, I thought it was just a phase and that i'd get over this when i'm older, but now i'm 19 and it's gotten so much worse... I'm even scared of dentist now and therapist.... I don't even know why!!!
But I can't take pills, I'm too paranoid for that.
I can't have sex because i'm terrified of the thought of getting pregnant..
So what happens when I encounter all this stuff is that I have panic attacks and pass out!
And I want help, BUUUT I have too much anxiety to get any help also.
I'm getting older and this anxiety is holding me back on a lot of things...
So my question is, does anyone know what this/these phoia's are called??
Also, how can this be cured? I know therapy, or something, but what are the steps that you go through??
Thanks, so much.
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hello, my name is nina. i am not sure excacly how else to help, except, i did some research and found these links with answers of what your phobias are called, and hot to treat them. so try these out, and i hope they are some help to you. Good luck sweety, and remember to keep smiling!
niner :)
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phobia of pregnancy: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
phobia of desieses:
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phobia of doctors:
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The fear to take pills is because youre scared of choking because im the same way and have always been but that phobia is called-Anginophobia. Fear of denist is called-Dentophobia. Fear of sex is-Genophobia. Fear if going to the doctors or of doctors is-Iatrophobia. Fear of childbirth is called-Lockiophobia. Fear of a hospital is-Nosocomephobia. Fear of dental surgery is called-Odontophobia. Fear of pain is-Odynephobia. Fear of suffering or disease is-Panthophobia. ALso another for taking pills is-Pharmacophobia. Fear of pregnancy is-Tocophobia. Well i will tell you this.....i am a pregnant women...lol but i would love to help you so thats why im giving you advice. Well sweetheart Sometimes phobias can be all in your head. Sometimes it can be something you fear naturally. Well im afraid of needles and of course being pregnant i have to have all kinds of blood-work and i have. Well i just let them stick me and after awhile i got used to it. I mean yeah it takes time. But ways to work through phobias is to work your way into going to the doctor and having sex and stuff dont rush into but tell yourself ill be okay. But you just have to work your way into it. Its something really only you can do. I hope i helped somewhat. Let me know how things workout for ya. Um i also know a book you can get instead of going to therapists and it comes with a movie and its been known to cure your phobias sometimes in just minutes. Get back to me if you would like the website to order that off of or i can give you the title and you can try to look it up in your local bookstore. Thanks....Cathleen Jacobs!
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Iatrophobia, Fear of Doctors, and Fear of Going to the Doctor
Anxiety — Anxiety and a state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning
Ergasiophobia — work, functioning, or Surgeon's operating
Hemaphobia — blood
Hydrargyophobia — mercurial medicines
Lockiophobia — childbirth
Nosocomephobia — hospitals
Nosophobia — becoming ill
Opiophobia — Fear of medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients
Panthophobia — suffering or disease
Pathophobia — disease
Pharmacophobia — taking medicine or drugs
Tocophobia — pregnancy or childbirth
Tomophobia — surgery or surgical operations
so, there are some random phobia's that may describe what you said.
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and if you went to therapy im not so sure what they would do but right now im in a psychology class and we are learning about de-conditionalizing fears or phobia's. we are learning about a study where this boy had a fear of rabbits and every day they would move the rabbit a little bit closer to him, but they would give him an ice cream cone, so he would associate the good from eating the ice cream cone with the rabbit. and in the end he was able to pet the rabbit and all.
So, they may try somehting along those lines, im not sure how they would do it for your phobia's but something like that
if you want to read more about the study here is a link telling about the women who did the study, and it talks about it a little more. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
hope this helps!
no other answers so i thought i would give ya something.
good luck!
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