Anxiety and Phobia

Trypanophobia / Fear of Needles

This is a most common phobia. This is not a fear of any needle but a fear of needles used by medical practitioners. Needle phobia is a condition that has become an increasingly important issue in medicine because of the modern reliance on injections and blood testing. Fear of needle is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. While people with fear of needle realize that these fears are irrational, they often find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety.

This is actually a phobia that can kill you. Trypanophobia in general is pretty dangerous condition to have to begin with, as it means avoidance of needle, doctors, pathologists and dentists in the event of an illness, meaning that by the time they do present to a hospital they’re going to be in pretty poor shape.

Diagnosis of needle fear:

1. Past Medical History :
   The study of patients past history about his long term needle fear usually from childhood or any medical treatment which a patient considers as fearful.
2. Family Medical History :
   In more then 80% cases, the patient with needle phobia report strong needle fear in a first-degree relative, ie, parent, child, brother or sister.

Acrophobia / Fear of Heights

“My feet and hands tingle and get sweaty even when I think about heights”

“Even using the escalator on shopping malls make me feel like I am being pulled down.”

“I just can’t look down when I am at some height”

These are some situation which shows Acorophobia. Acrophobia can be dangerous, as sufferers can experience an irrational fear in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely. Some acrophobics also suffer from urges to throw themselves off high places, despite not being suicidal. spin

Sufferers in this phobia many times feels spinning sensation when they look down from heights.

The word Scotophobia comes from Greek word “Scoto” which means “darkness”. Scotophobia is another common phobia.

From centuries, It is always a night when crime rate rises intensively and also wild animals lie in wait to attack the vulnerable.

Fear of dark can be dangerous as sufferer in his fear sometimes fears to step in toilets nights and pass sleepless nights.