Basophobia: symptoms, causes and treatment

Some people cannot imagine life without movement or walking. How can you sit in one place in the apartment and never stand on your own to drink a cup of hot tea? But it turns out that this is quite possible if a person suffers from a disease with the peculiar name of basophobia. What are the symptoms of the disease, what are the causes and what is the treatment? These questions concern people who are faced with this ailment or are familiar with those who would like to help.

Basophobia is expressed in fear of walking. The causes of this disease can be a great many. Apparently, such sufferers had an injury in childhood, or maybe they experienced very severe pain associated with movement on any surface, followed by a fall. In each individual case, it arises according to a certain scenario.

And this is precisely because the subconscious in the distant past remembered and recorded an unpleasant story associated with an incident of an extraordinary nature. After some time, it surfaced in the memory of a person and gave an impetus to the disease.

In early childhood, a child may experience symptoms of basophobia. When the baby begins to take its first steps, it falls many times. It hurts. So there is a fear of falling and its consequences. Therefore, a small person tries to find a support. When walking, he clings to improvised objects: a sofa, chairs, etc. Over time, fear passes, and everything falls into place.

The first signs of this disease appear as follows: and the wounds healed, and the bones healed, and the patient for a long time tries not to let go of an object that helps him move. And even if this item plays the role of a kind of screen, it will still affect the confidence of a sick person.

Therefore, to understand that an individual with an obsessive state is in front of you will not be difficult. He only tries to move when he has a fulcrum at hand. It can be a simple stick, chair or wall.

An inexperienced person might even think that the person in front of him is physically ill or is a helpless disabled person. On the street you can observe the following picture: a woman or a man rolls his empty wheelchair, moving his legs quite independently, but at the same time leaning his whole body on the arms and back of the chair. Such movement causes a lot of inconvenience, but the fear of falling makes you look for safety net. And this is a concrete example of the manifestation of basophobia.

After some research, a detailed description was made of what people with basophobia feel. So, these representatives are uncomfortable with the perception of space or when moving. These symptoms are caused by visual information that is not adequate. In such patients, spatial orientation is impaired. It is these symptoms that explain their fear of walking or falling. Discomfort occurs because the reception of signals (kinesthetic, vestibular, sensory, visual) is significantly distorted.

Fear of walking is not the only sign of illness. If the following symptoms appear in parallel, you should consult a doctor:

• heart palpitations;
• significant expansion of the pupils;
• tremor in the whole body or limbs;
• a sharp decrease or increase in pressure in the blood vessels;
• increased sweating;
• the skin turns pale on the face or, on the contrary, it becomes crimson;
• hot flush.

When getting rid of any phobias and obsessive states, very strong willpower is needed. Some people like to be sick and watch their relatives take care of them. First of all, you need to want to get rid of this addiction. Only when a person decides to free himself from fear can he overcome it.

For those who need outside help, various approaches to eradicating the problem are offered. One of them is treatment with various drugs. Which of them are the safest and most effective, the doctor will tell you. Most likely, he will recommend those funds that you can buy yourself at the pharmacy.

Good for treating fears. phytotherapy method. In other, more severe cases, the doctor after the studies prescribed tranquilizers.

In no case should you treat such a dangerous disease yourself. This can lead to very sad consequences. No one knows how the body will react to a particular action.

Psychotherapy is that the root cause of the appearance of a phobia is clarified. Then the specialist eliminates the problem at the subconscious level. This happens by analyzing the situation and explaining it. Then you can use the psychocorrection. In this situation, there is a certain modeling of the case that led to the tragedy. As a result of the intensity of emotions, a person gets rid of the old problem.

In obsessive conditions, auto-training is very useful. Through various attitudes and belief in them, a person reduces the level of internal stress. Hypnosis will also play a role in relieving the phobia of walking.

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