Ancraophobia - Fear Of The Wind And Its Treatment
Fear of the wind or of being in drafts is usually referred to as anemophobia
, though it is also known as ancraophobiaRegardless of the name used, this all too little-recognized fear can be really incapacitating for those who suffer from it.
Often anemophobia becomes worse as time goes by and, if left untreated, it can significantly impact on the individual's quality of life.
Indeed, it can severely inhibit and restrict so many of the day-to-day activities that others simply take for granted.
Not only can this phobia produce fear of the outdoors and of open windows, where wind and drafts might usually be expected to occur, but it can also produce really intense feelings of anxiety in apparently unrelated situations such as when passing a functioning hand dryer in a public toilet or when seated in an airplane with the overhead air vents blowing.
Though each person experiencing anemophobia does so in their own way, generally speaking the symptoms of this phobia are similar to those of other anxiety disorders.
These symptoms may include rapid breathing and shortness of breath, dry mouth, increased heartbeat, feelings of nausea and dread.
In people with severe anemophobia, anxiety can so easily turn into panic, thereby producing what is commonly referred to as a 'full blown panic attack'.
Yet no one was born with this fear. For it to be activated, it first has to be acquired.
In truth, fear of the wind can almost always be traced back to a negative experience in the person's past - which may or may not be recalled by the conscious mind - and which has been 'imprinted' on the subconscious mind.
Most often the person experiencing this phobia has found themself in a situation where the wind or draft has been blowing and where they felt real fear.
This specific experience has then become twinned or linked with all wind or gusts of air in what is known as a generalized conditioned response.
All too often, the person experiencing this disorder knows very well that it is irrational, but this knowledge does very little to help.
The medical response is all too often to prescribe anti-anxiety medication or to recommend a course of cognitive behavioural therapy in an attempt to control the symptoms.
This however, is a bit like suggesting that someone learn to live with an elephant in the living room. How much better to simply remove the elephant!
Because this fear emanates from the subconscious mind, it is there that we must look for its solution.
And this is where modern advanced hypnotherapy can be of tremendous help and assistance.
Through the correct application of modern advanced hypnotherapy, the skilled therapist can reach down into the subconcious mind and uncover those beliefs that are causing and sustaining this fear.
Once this is accomplished, those beliefs or 'programmes' can be corrected and realigned with reality, so that the individual is free to resume their life in a normal and natural manner - free of the anxiety with which they have lived for so long.
There really is no need to continue suffering from this terrible fear.
If you or someone you care about is experiencing anemophobia, ancraophobia, fear of the wind or fear of drafts, do not despair. Help is available.
Seek out an experienced and fully qualified advanced transformational hypnotherapist who has experience in successfully treating this issue and free yourself from the anxiety and fear of anemophobia once and for all.
You'll be really glad you did!
by: Peter James Field