Entomophobia - Fear of insects

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Entomophobia is the fear of insects. The origin of the word entomos is Greek meaning insect and phobia is Greek meaning fear Entomophobia is considered to be a specific pohobia. Entomophobia is a fear of insects or other arthropods, this fear must be intense, irrational and persistent in order to be considered a ture clinical phobia. to diagnose entomophobia. two possible pathways for the creation of these fears have been identified. The first would be through a traumatic experience such as a bee sting. The other would be through vicarious learnig. vicarious learning is the acquistion of a specific fear by observing other suffering from this fear.it has been found that insect phobia is often passed on to children by their parents and educators.

What are the causes?

It is generally accepted that phobias arise from a combination of external events (i.e. traumatic events) and internal predispositions (i.e. heredity or genetics). 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 phobias.

Symptoms:-

The symptoms very by person depending on their level of fear. The symptoms typically include extreme anxiety, dread and anything associated with panic such as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat. sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, nausea, inability to articluate word or sentences, dry mouth and shaking.

Treatment :-

Several methods exist to help people deal with their phobia of insets. Combining different techniques has been found to be quite effective.The first involves the real-life exposure of the patient to the feared insect. this is the most direct technique. it causes a high level of anxiety at first but these levels drop once the patient gets accustomed to the insect. using images and statemetns techniques have been developed to either overwhelm the patient and reframe responses to the feared object,or prevent the normal reponses to the object and recondition those responses with opposite ones.Hypnotic therapy may also be used to treat insect phobias.

Hypnoanalysis:-
Hypnoanalysis (Hypnotherapy) is a type of therapy by which a person, with the assistance of a trained specialist, has his/her subconscious mind opened to suggestion for the purpose of changing one or more behavior patterns. When the subconscious is spoken to directly, it may be possible to find the issue triggering their phobia and introduce new ideas and positive suggestions. These positive suggestions may then be used to help make the changes you desire. Teaching the mind to attach different feelings to their feared item can usually be accomplished in a several sessions. Some people do not like people playing with their minds. However, hypnoanalysis (hypnotherapy) is considered to be safe and works fast. Hypnoanalysis (Hypnotherapy) has been approved as a method of therapy since 1958 by the American Medical Association.

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