What are the symptoms of a phobia?

There are a whole range of physical symptoms that you might experience when you are faced with the situation that triggers your phobia. The symptoms are produced when your body flight or fight response is activated. This causes your body to produce adrenalin and other powerful stress hormones.

If your body produces a lot of the fight or flight stress hormones, it can cause the following symptoms:

Nausea
Loss of appetite
Churning stomach
Heart palpitations
Muscle tension
Chest pain
Difficulty breathing
Dizziness
Sweats

None of the above symptoms make for a pleasant experience, especially not when they are combined with other non-physical symptoms. The emotional symptoms of a phobia include:

Feelings of dread
Feelings of anxiety
Panic attacks
Fear or detachment
Wanting to escape
At worst, you may even feel as if you are going to die

How people cope with the symptoms of phobias?

Often people with a phobia try to cope by avoiding the situations that trigger their fears. The high levels of anxiety and fear these situations create mean that you will go to great lengths to avoid them, to the point of avoiding many activities and places in life.

Despite the intensity of the symptoms, treatment for phobias has a successful track record.

Not only is avoiding your triggers both tiring and impractical, it can prevent you from leading a normal life. Its a huge burden to carry when you consider that we regularly help clients overcome their phobias and fears.

If you have had enough of feeling terrible, then its time to get the right help. If avoiding objects, activities, or situations that trigger your phobia is interfering with your normal life or keeps you from doing things you would otherwise enjoy, its time to seek EXPERT help. Call us today on 01823 272227.