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Can phobias be cured?
If you have any examples, please share. I'm interested in the psychology of fear.
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Robert Winner 50+
It is not abnormal to hate snakes .... it would be abnormal to faint everytime you saw one either in a photo, movie, real life, etc .... To cure the abnormal fear is good to remove all fear would be endangering you.
So the question is what do you mean by "cure".
All the best. Bob.
Kellie Munoz
Zman Kietilipooskie
There are many people who talk about thins Freud for example.
Roy Bourque 20+
There is a book "The New Primal Scream" by Doctor Arthur Janov. He presents evidence that many different kinds of symptoms can be the result of suppressed childhood trauma. The trauma resides in the brain, but out of the range of conscious awareness. Because it is there, it creates psychological effects, but because it is outside of awareness, the reason for the effects is hidden from the victim. No amount of reasoning can cure the patient. The trauma itself must be exposed and discharged before the symptoms will go away.
If my first suggestion offers no help, you may want to invest in the book. At any rate, it explains a lot about why some people do irrational things. Many of his patients have gone on to live fulfilling lives.
Barry Palmer 50+
My wife was so scared of spiders that she would become hysterical at the sight of one. One night she had a dream that recalled the time she spent at Bible camp. This triggered a memory that completely explained how she became so frightened of spiders. Since that dream she has been able to face her fear and has gradually overcome it.
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Lejan . 30+
Fear is part of our instinct of self preservation so if that was 'cured' our life expectancy may shrink faster than we would wish it to... :o)
The pathological side of fear is different though, yet also highly individual. Personally I don't know of any 'cure' with a success rate of 100% but to those who got healed, this statistic doesn't really matter.
Fritzie Reisner 100+
Here is a start: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Phobias/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Edwin Nazarian 10+
to answer to your main question, I would say: YES, it can.
I have several experiences:
First time I have tried fast phobia cure on my ex. she was phobic of spiders. whenever she was cleaning the house, I had to have earplugs, because she would scream her head off. it took me two weeks to convince her that it is possible to be cured, I finally got her on "psychologist couch" (well it was in our living room): I made her to go into hypnotic trance and used NLP's unconscious suggestions and mind programming. within 20 minutes she had a spider walking on her arm and a big smile on her face.
a young student who was scared of mice, I could find out that she liked Jerry (from Tom and Jerry) and I helped her to see all the rest of the mice just like that cute one, Jerry... It worked.
and university student whose biggest fear was public speaking and presentations, well, We met a three time and about an hour each time... he broke that fear, he went to do his presentation, they kept him talking more than an hour. he made it!
if you are interested in this, I can give you some names to check up: John Grinder and Richard Bandler (founders of NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming) Paul McKenna, etc
Derren Brown (British mentalist and illusionist) uses psychological suggestions and linguistic techniques in his performance. lately he had a TV show called: Fear and Faith
This is the link of part one. (Part two is actually tonight on Channel 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDlfhHVvTY&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLSrVPXhDOjuhNva1dH1I53g
anyway... there are a lot of ways to overcome fears!
Remember FEAR stands for: False Evidence Appearing Real
We have nothing to fear but fear itself!
Wish you the best
charlize burstein
Edwin Nazarian 10+
as a great believer in this approach to cure phobias I would say: YES, it is possible.
say, you go to a psychologist and they give you placebo ... (do you know what it stands for in Latin it means: I shall please") and it contains no medical effect whatsoever, it gives a false signal to your brain as if you are talking pills for certain treatment and your brain activates the belief system to cure you. so who does the work: the psychologist? the placebo? or, your brain?
doctors say that to give up smoking isn't an easy job... you know why they say so? to sell they treatment and pills. but in actual fact it is just a matter of decision.
as a joke I tell smokers: "to give up smoking is easy, I do it every day" (actually I don't smoke)
it is the shortest story I tell them while I am using embedded suggestions: (your tone needs to be changed when you say it)
"..give up smoking.." is a commend
"...is easy..." comforting and programming their belief system
"..do it ..." is a commend
try to find some materials in internet, there are many sites that offers step by step fast phobia cure process... if you have any phobias, first try on you.. then use the steps on someone else, see how it goes.
cheers
charlize burstein
Edwin Nazarian 10+
TRY? what kind of action is that?
Now try to stand up!
when you finish tell me what you have done please.