SURIPHOBIA: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT

SURIPHOBIA IS, QUITE SIMPLY, A MORBID FEAR OF MICE.

IT CAN ALSO BE EXTENDED TO A TERROR OF RATS AND OF OTHER SMALL FURRY ANIMALS. THIS SORT OF FEAR SOUND SLIGHTLY RIDICULOUS BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.

FEAR OF MICE AND OTHER SMALL ANIMALS MAY HAVE A NUMBER OF CAUSES, ALTHOUGH THE REASONS WHY MICE TRIGGER A PANIC RESPONSE IN SOMEONE WILL VARY, DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS OR HER BACKGROUND.

THEORY 1: THE STARTLE RESPONSE.

 IT IS NATURAL TO REACT IN SURPRISE WHEN SUDDENLY CONFRONTED WITH SOMETHING UNEXPECTED THAT MOVES VERY QUICKLY. 

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ANXIETY AND STRESS, THE SURPRISE MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO TIP YOU OVER THE EDGE INTO A PANIC ATTACK. 

THEORY 2: FEAR OF DISEASE. 

SOME PEOPLE HAVE AN OBSESSION WITH GERMS AND HYGIENE THAT GOES BEYOND NORMAL PRECAUTIONS AND GOES INTO THE REALM OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, AND A FEAR OF MICE IS AN EXTENSION OF THIS CONDITION, AS THEY ARE “DISEASE PERSONIFIED”. 

THEORY 3: AN EXTENSION OF ARACHNOPHOBIA.

ARACHNOPHOBIA IS QUITE COMMON, AND OFTEN STEMS FROM CHILDHOOD – POSSIBLY A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE INVOLVING A REDBACK OR A FUNNEL WEB COULD HAVE CAUSED THE ARACHNOPHOBIA. 

LIKE SPIDERS, MICE ARE SMALLISH, SCUTTLE QUICKLY AND ARE FOUND IN DARK CUPBOARDS WHERE WE DON’T EXPECT THEM. 

THEORY 4: HORROR MOVIES.

THIS APPLIES MORE TO A FEAR OF RATS RATHER THAN A FEAR OF MICE, BUT RATS HAVE BEEN USED TO CREATE SCARY SCENES IN FILMS.

 SCENES CAN INVOLVE LARGE NUMBERS OF RATS SWARMING OVER A CHARACTER OR EVEN, IN EXTREME CASES, EATING SOME HELPLESSLY TRAPPED PERSON ALIVE. 

THE FEAR OF MICE, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, IS NOT LIMITED TO FEMALES. 

IS SURIPHOBIA OR A FEAR OF MICE, RATS AND SIMILAR SMALL CRITTERS A MAJOR PROBLEM? IS IT REALLY WORTH BOOKING A SESSION WITH A THERAPIST FOR A FEW SESSIONS OF HYPNOSIS?

THIS REALLY DEPENDS ON YOU.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET HELP BY CONSULTING A HYPNOTHERAPIST IN GOLD COAST

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