Homeopathy Remedies for Phobias

HOMEOPATHY REMEDIES  FOR  PHOBIAS

Most of us have quite a few insignificant irrational fears, like getting on an airplane, sight of a snake or spider, darkness, etc. However, if your fears are so extreme that they intervene with your day-to-day living then you may be suffering from a Phobia, which requires treatment without delay. Phobia is a deep-seated, enduring, unreasonable fear of something causing an anxiety disorder, an explicable reaction to certain things, activity or situations that may possibly cause impairment or damage to your mental and physical health. Phobias can constrain your life and make you take ultimate measures to sidestep what ever triggers it. Those who suffer from Phobias are not actually terrified of particular situations or places, but of the feelings of shock they experience when in that situation. A Phobia is not an illness by itself, but when threatened by the object of Phobia, people lose control of themselves producing severe physical or mental symptoms. Phobias can make you critically disabled and affect your life immensely, leading to inability to function normally at home, work or at social settings.

Types of Phobias: There are innumerable types of Phobias, but they are mostly grouped into three categories:

·         Social Phobia: where a person feels insecure and fears association with people. In social settings, they feel ill at ease and anxious with the thought of getting embarrassed.

·         Specific Phobias: like Acrophobia (fears of heights), Hydrophobia (fear of water), Aviatophobia or Aerophobia (fear of flying), Achluophobia (fear of darkness), Claustrophobia (fear of closed places), Monophobia (fear of being alone), Arachnophobia (fear of spiders), Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes), and many more.

·         Agoraphobia: fear of public places where the person fears leaving their secure and familiar environment such as their home or any other place, they consider safe. They stay away from crowded places such as shopping malls, movie theatres, most forms of travel like cars, subways, airplanes and they might feel unharmed only at their own home.

Causes of Phobias:

·         Certain fear-provoking events in childhood.

·         Prolonged stress, anxiety and depression.

·         Unhealthy stressful relationships.

·         Poverty.

·         Social factors often make people more vulnerable to Phobias.

·         Growing up with fearful parents can make you see the world as an unsafe place.

·         Adopted phobias from parents, teachers or anyone who can influence you.

·         Caused by organic diseases like Epilepsy or brain injury.

Symptoms of Phobias:

·         Losing control with weird behavior.

·         Fast heartbeat.

·         Shortness of breath.

·         Trembling and dizziness.

·         Feeling of discomfort in the stomach.

·         Sweating.

·         Dry mouth.

·         Nausea.

·         Hot flashes.

·         Inability to focus, confused and disorientated.

·         Withdrawing from others.

·         A strong desire to get away from the situation, place or object.

·         Suicidal thoughts.

Homeopathic approach to Phobias:

Prolonged untreated Phobias can contribute to other psychological disorders, furthermore weakening the immune system. A healthy immune system controls our body's healing process and safeguards it against infections and diseases. The aptitude to reinforce mental calmness promotes wellness, liveliness and longevity. Homeopathic remedies work towards balancing the excitatory neurotransmitter levels in the brain. Homeopathic constitutional treatment will help eliminate Phobias, prevent relapses as well as help build self-esteem and self-confidence. The remedies are harmless and effective for adults as well as children and will escort to a permanent long-lasting cure, and also help to heal and promote mental health by strengthening the body to heal itself.

Homeopathic remedies for Phobias:

Abelmoschus: This is a paramount remedy for persons with an irrational fear of animals, which worsens at night. They get delirious with hallucinations and have difficulty hearing when ascending stairs.

Ambra Grisea: This is an excellent remedy for patients who get hysterical and numb with Agoraphobia, they dread people, desire to be alone, and are unable do anything in the presence of others. These patients are weakened by age or overwork, are anemic and sleepless.

Borax: This remedy is indicated to persons who get anxious and start throwing up hands from motions, which have a downward direction, rocking, being carried downstairs and on being laid down, with a strong fear of falling. These patients are apprehensive of flying in airplanes, in elevators and traveling in railway. They get fearful from report of a gun even at a distance and fear thunder. Fear brings nausea and trembling of whole body with diarrhea.

Gelsemium: This remedy is suggested for persons who have ailments from stage fright, fear of falling, exciting news. With fear, they start trembling with muscular twitching, become dull, dizzy, listless and desire to be quiet and left alone. Their face gets red, hot with fear and they start stammering.

Stramonium: This is a brilliant remedy for patients who have a conspicuous fear of water, bright or shining objects, solitude and darkness. These patients are very talkative, see ghosts, hear voices, talk to spirits and have delusions about their identity by thinking that they are tall, double with body parts missing. Their mood can change rapidly from joy to sadness.

Agaricus –Agaricus is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of disease, especially cancer. The affected person may be pre-occupied with thoughts of death, dying and graveyards

Kali Arsenicum – Kali Arsenicum is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease or anxiety about health, especially on going to bed.
This medicine is indicated in cases where there is a fear of having a stroke, heart disease or high blood pressure

Aconite – Aconite is a homeopathic medicine that is used to treat the fear of death coupled with anxiety. The person may fear death and believe that he or she may die soon, going so far as to predict the day of demise.

Arsenicum Album – Arsenicum Album is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of death accompanied by restlessness. The affected person does not feel the need to take any medication and may change places continuously.

Argentum Nitricum – Argentum Nitricum is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of height and of flying in airplanes. The person fears the projecting corners of buildings; the sight of high buildings makes the person giddy and may cause him or her to stagger. A feeling of having the buildings on both sides of the street closing in and crushing upon the person is prevalent.

Stramonium – Stramonium is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of closed places with a desire to escape. The affected person may get anxiety when going through a tunnel or similar closed space.

Pulsatilla – Pulsatilla is a homeopathic medicine used to treat a fear of closed spaces coupled with the desire to seek open air.

Gelsemium – Gelsemium is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of open places, especially stage fright. The affected person has a nervous dread of appearing in public.

Phosphorus – Phosphorus is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of open places wherein the person fears that something terrible will happen.

Lyssinum – Lyssinum is a homeopathic medicine used to treat fear of water coupled with anxiety, where a person wants to drink water but is unable to do so. Irritability on hearing the sound of water or looking at it is present, and the person gets convulsions on thinking of water or fluids.

Hyoscyamus – Hyoscyamus is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of eating or drinking coupled with delirium. The person develops anxiety on hearing the sound of running water.

Lycopodium – Lycopodium is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of failure with weak memory. The person has a strong aversion to undertaking new challenges and may feel unable to reach a destination.

Aurum Metallicum – Aurum Metallicum is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of failure with marked hopelessness. The person experiences acute mental depression, the future looks bleak, and a feeling of being unfit or undeserving may prevail.

Kreosote –Kreosote is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of sex and intimacy in women.

Staphysagria – Staphysagria is a homeopathic medicine used to treat the fear of sex with suppressed sexual desire. The tendency to fear sex may sprout from a feeling of being out of control, or with a history of rape or sexual abuse

Lil-t: FEARS being alone, of insanity; of HEART DISEASE; fears she is incurable; some impending calamity or DISEASE.

Spongia: Terror and FEAR: of approaching death; that she will die of suffocation; with HEART DISEASE; with whooping cough; with the heat; with the sweat.

Self-help for Phobias:

·         List your irrational fears, and try to figure out why you have the fears and what you can do to deal with them.

·         Practice relaxation techniques.

·         Focus on the positive and keep back from self-defeating thoughts.

·         Focus on special qualities you like about yourself.

·         Get enough sleep.

·         Get support from family and friends.

·         Get involved in sports or exercising activities.

·         Find resourceful ways to handle your stress.

·         Stay away from stimulants such as coffee and alcohol.

Hence, to reduce anxiety, to feel more secure, confident, to overcome specific fears and to stay calm during distress or shock consider Homeopathy. Homeopathy can help you be Phobia free and lead a normal and relaxed life.