Many people are pursued by fear of blood because of what in their life there are certain difficulties. If suddenly there is a situation in which just it will be necessary, for example, to tie up a wound, and the person faints from a type of blood, then is a problem. Whether it is worth saying that to the person who is afraid of blood to be a doctor any more never.
Such fear as fear of blood is called a hemophobia and costs among phobias on the third or fourth place on prevalence among people.
Studying an issue of emergence of fear of blood at the person, scientists came to a conclusion that this phobia originates in depths of our subconsciousness. There is no concrete answer "briefly", however there is an assumption that blood directly is associated with life, and its loss (also bleeding from a wound belongs here) means death.
At each person the hemophobia is shown to a degree. For example, there are people who at the sight of a blood droplet in any place under any circumstances can faint. And there are such which feel discomfort at the sight of blood only in hospital or at the sight of a serious wound.
Fear of blood filtered into various corners of our life, irrespective of age and sex. For example, the fear is very widespread among young girls before sex life (namely – the blood loss connected with it). Men quite often are afraid to take a blood test from a vein or faint when they cut a finger.
There are such phobias which in everyday life can be avoided just diligently. For example, if there is a fear of open space, then the person intentionally does not sit down a back to an exit from the room.
Unfortunately, with a hemophobia such number will not pass. Even at strong desire to avoid certain situations, there are unforeseen moments.
How to get rid of fear of blood?
Time we already understood that to escape from a problem it will not turn out, so it needs to be solved. There are two ways of fight against fear of blood: independently and by means of the expert. In the first and in the second case the procedure is identical, it is simple to eat people who need the help from outside.
First of all, it is necessary to find out – you have actually a hemophobia or you just slightly are afraid of a type of blood. The fact is that if at the sight of blood of people has unpleasant feelings, fastidiousness, then it is only fear. As a rule, in a critical situation such fear recedes on the second place. Cases when just the passerby could save someone's life are known, having clamped an artery fingers or having made a puncture in a lung. If in such situation the passerby had a hemophobia, then he would need the help.
At a phobia of people feels a panic, even horror, there is dizziness, nausea and faint cases are very frequent.
The following step – it is necessary to find out roots of this fear. Sources can be various. It is possible when took blood from a finger or a vein from the child, he strongly was frightened, then the situation repeated, the reflex appeared and fixed: pain - blood-fear. Or perhaps saw severe accident, and it was imprinted for a long time by memory.
Still there is a probability that fear of blood is only echoes of other fears or phobias. For example, if the person is afraid of death, injuries, then there is also a fear of blood.
It is necessary only – to look at one to fear in a face! It is necessary to overcome itself, to present blood on itself or someone another, to experience this unpleasant feeling and next time fear will be not such sharp. It is possible to work with subconsciousness, can there will be answers to the fears.
And the last if it happens so that it is necessary to appear face to face with the fear, focus on the events, strongly strain muscles, you breathe often and deeply. It will help not to faint.
Remember - the person always stronger than fear!
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