Not all fears are phobias. Being
scared of something like falling, isn’t a phobia because there is a real danger
and there is a need for survival in the individual. Only when the fear becomes
irrational does it become a phobia.
Being frightened of something
harmless like a spider or dust has to be classed as abnormal but it is
surprising how many people have these fears. If you have never had a phobia you
will probably not realise how overwhelmingly powerful the fear really is for the
sufferer. It can also be very debilitating when the person has to avoid certain
fearful situations.
Phobias have been written about
for hundreds of years but their cause has only been understood in recent times.
There are two types of phobia, direct and indirect. Both are a symptom of
blocked emotions. There is a big difference in their formation and in how they
should be treated.
Direct Phobia
The simplest to explain is the
direct phobia. It is caused by a frightening event, the emotion from which is
held and locked away together with the memory of what happened. The memory is
locked in and held with the frightening feelings so that when a similar event is
experienced, the fear is brought out automatically.
Indirect Phobia
The indirect phobia doesn’t have
a simple cause. It is caused by a build up of anxiety from many causes and often
over a long period of time. There is no direct, single cause. This general,
unconscious anxiety is projected onto an outside object or event by the
unconscious mind. It will have some symbolic association to the original
anxieties but it will often be unconsciously changed and distorted by the
person.
It is impossible to tell which
sort of phobia a person has unless they remember the event, which caused it
(direct phobia). But even if they do have such a memory, it could still be the
focus of other inner anxieties as well. The types
of phobias which are most likely to be indirect are fear of;
heights, the dark, enclosed spaces, open spaces, spiders, dentists, flying,
public speaking, to name a few. These fears are the focus of feeling ‘out of
control’ or of ‘fear of the unknown’. If you have lots of phobias then you can
be sure that most of them are from you inner anxiety (indirect).
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