Phobias are XXI century diseases. They pursue the person, of course, there are also "harmless" forms of this illness. However this disease completely is frequent destroys human life because he cannot fully work and communicate with other people. Fear of snow – too a phobia which demands treatment. Especially, if the person lives in the region where the winter dominates more than 3-4 months in a year.
Why there is a fear of snow?
If to speak about this phobia, It should be noted that there is it for various reasons. But most often, this disease develops at people who or suffered the psychological injury connected with snow either endured a frostbite, or suffered the injury of eyes connected with the blinding shine of snowdrifts on sunny winter day.
The psychotherapist who needs to be visited can establish the true reason of emergence of fear. The phobia can strongly affect human life therefore if you noticed at yourself symptoms of this illness, it is worth addressing the expert.
Snow phobia symptoms
The main symptom of this disease, uncontrollable or badly controlled sensation of fear before snow and snowdrifts is. If you noticed that your acquaintance or the loved one flatly refuses to go outside in snow weather, spends the whole winter at home, shows fear even when viewing photos with snow landscapes, it is possible to assume that the person is subject to this disease.
In difficult cases, at an exit to the street in the winter or at the sight of snow in the photo, the person can experience the panic attack. It is simple to define the beginning of panic, the person ceases to control himself, tries to escape, can begin to shout or faint. If you became the witness of the panic attack, it is necessary to take away the any passer-by, to give him soothing medicine or to call the ambulance.
How fear of snow is called?
This disease has the name – a hionofobiya. As well as any illness, it is entered in the register of mental diseases. At the address to the psychotherapist, the person the diagnosis in which to appear this name will be made.
Often the hinofobiya – fear of snow, is connected with other illness, cryophobia, that is fear of cold. Both the disease arises owing to a physical or moral trauma.
How to help the person with a phobia?
First of all, it is necessary to convince the person that he needs to visit the expert. Many people do not want to address psychotherapists, being afraid that they will be considered mentally ill people. If you know that the loved one does not wish to use the help of the specialist in this reason, try to convince him that the request for consultation to the psychotherapist does not do it abnormal. Give examples of how people resolve the most banal issues with assistance of the psychologist.
The second reason for refusal of consultation at the psychotherapist, is fear of the fact that nobody will be able to help the patient. In this case correct will be to talk to the person that the chance of recovery is always, the main thing, to find the good expert and not to despair because work on a problem takes more time, than it would be desirable.
One more common cause of refusal of the help, is need to visit the psychiatrist. It happens too and is frequent treatment of phobias, especially in towns, psychiatrists are engaged. In such situation to become the main thing to convince the person that nobody will consider him the madman and that treatment in any way not to affect its reputation. Operate with various facts which can be found in the Internet. Remember that without the assistance of the expert the treatment is almost impossible.
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