All About Pyrophobia

No wonder the wise proverb says: "They are afraid, like fire." And really, who is not afraid of an open flame? Everyone is afraid of him: people and animals. The incinerating power can wipe out entire settlements from the face of the earth, causing huge damage to agriculture. Fear of the elements is rational.

However, one must remember that there is a limit to everything. When a sense of self-preservation develops into pyrophobia, you need to take this more than seriously.

When a person experiences an inexplicable fear of fire, this fear is called pyrophobia (in Greek, pyro means fire, and phobos means fear). Since ancient times, this phobia was inherent in man.

A person, faced with fire, realized that this is a very dangerous phenomenon. Therefore, this type of fear is laid down in our very depths of consciousness. Even in the modern world, when technology has stepped far forward, terrible cases occur where people die in a fire. And these facts make an indelible impression on some individuals. That is why most people try to stay away from sources of fire., as a result of unforeseen circumstances, you can lose loved ones and property.

Despite these fears, a person cannot do without a source of fire. We have long been accustomed to warming our homes and cooking with it. In spite of everything, the fire did not obey the man to the end and sometimes manifests his burrows. That is why there are people who succumb to panic, which leads to obsessive-compulsive disorders.

They may be different, but it is worth considering the main ones.

• Hereditary factor. Obsessive conditions can be transmitted to the child from their parents. The risks of phobias increase when a person goes through the following periods: adolescent, early adulthood, menopause and so on. It must be remembered that a genetic predisposition is a manifestation of the instinct of self-preservation.

Parents give children a neuropsychic reaction to stress. Especially the development of any phobia, including panic fear of fire, is influenced by temperament and individual properties of a certain personality.

• Social factor. It occurs in individuals with a dependent type of character and in those who tend to avoid problems. Biochemical hypotheses and various negative dependencies (addiction, alcoholism, uncontrolled medication) can also contribute to the development of phobias.
• Psychological factors. There are a great many of them. They can be the following: low self-esteem, a tendency to exaggerate everything and see negative in everything, an unhealthy situation in the family (conflicts), isolation from society, stresses of various kinds, psychological trauma, anxiety, suspiciousness and so on.

But psychasthenic conditions contribute to the emergence of various phobias, including pyrophobia. It must be remembered that all obsessive states are the result of a long-standing childhood psychological trauma. Fear of fire can occur due to the fact that in childhood the child received very severe burns. In adulthood, as a result of stress and fatigue, his memories emerge and embrace consciousness with renewed vigor, which leads to phobia.

Pyrophobia is a constant irrational fear of a source of open fire, be it a fire or just a bonfire. Details for someone experiencing a real phobia are completely unimportant. A person cannot even explain clearly why he is afraid of fire. It is enough for him to smell the burning, as he begins to panic.

Manifestations of abnormal fear are hard to miss. Fussiness and nervousness appear in the behavior, speech becomes jerky and confused.

Naturally, such a condition affects the further well-being of a person. If the panic continues, then the following symptoms may appear:

• confused breathing and rapid pulse, interruptions in the work of the heart;
• tremor of limbs;
• increase or decrease in pressure;
• nausea, vomiting;
• discoloration of the skin (become either crimson or too pale);
• heavy sweating;
• dilated pupils;
• confusion or loss of consciousness.

An integrated approach is important in this matter. You can get rid of fears with the help of a psychologist. He will identify the cause of the obsessive state, and then begin to rid you of him through psychological influence. In more severe cases, the therapist will prescribe medication support.

However, if you consider yourself a strong and strong-willed person, then you can completely get rid of pyrophobia yourself. To do this, you will need to find a hobby for you, enroll in a sports club, do yoga, conduct a series of relaxation classes, drink soothing herbal gatherings or start jogging for long distances.

Exercising very well helps to distract in obsessive states. But if the case is not amenable to correction, then it is better not to risk it and consult a specialist.

So, all methods of combating phobias are divided into the following:

• psychocorrection;
• drug treatment;
• alternative or complementary methods.

In very severe cases, the doctor prescribes medicines. They are needed to relieve somatic and psychological symptoms.

Beta blockers are used for treatment. They are used to relieve somatic symptoms. Drugs successfully block stress hormones. This improves the general background, the risks of acquiring a chronic disease recede.

Antidepressants are prescribed for severe cases. By capturing serotonin, they reduce anxiety. Tranquilizers stop vegetative manifestations of anxiety. Antipsychotics are used when the patient develops severe behavioral disorders precisely with bouts of panic, aggression, and suicidal tendencies.

Psychotherapeutic help is no less effective, but does not cause adverse reactions of the body. It includes treatment using neurolinguistic programming, a rational method of psychotherapy, hypnosis, a cognitive-behavioral method. It must be understood that in psychotherapy, mutual understanding between the patient and the specialist is important. In this case, there must be a complete exchange of information, experiences.

Then they are processed and simulated in various situations. In this case, there is psychological information when the doctor gives the patient complete information about his disease.

Thanks to this approach, a person begins to understand the nature of his phobias, which makes it possible to identify the reason for their development. In addition, simultaneously with this approach method, the specialist conducts counseling, which is aimed at studying practical knowledge, in the future the individual can use them in critical situations.

It is consultations that provide the patient with the opportunity to learn how to properly perceive their fears and choose tactics during a crisis. And also at the same time there is a study of self-esteem of the individual personality, which helps to get rid of anxiety.

Quite simple but effective methods will help reduce anxiety:

• study with the help of special literature all the actions that need to be performed if a fire starts;
• install in the house (apartment) fire sensors that signal smoke that has begun; have extinguishing media available;
• always observe safety precautions.