Pet Phobia
- By Jonathon Hardcastle
Fear is a natural feeling, people can fear different
things all the time and this fear can be a result of
any circumstance. When this fear turns into something
beyond a normal phase and takes a different, much
severe form then it turns into a phobia. Phobias are
defined as an abnormal fear that becomes hard to
control. Psychologists have given different reasons
of phobias that vary from a minute fear of insects to
an intense phobia of circumstances and situations. It
may be the result of what may have passed in a
person's life, a bad experience that leaves a
permanent mark on the person's personality.
Phobias are natural in humans and even in animals.
People fear animals to a point of being ridiculous
and we call such fears phobias because of their
abnormality. Even pets themselves suffer from
phobias. Now we can ponder over a few a few kinds of
phobias to help understand them in a better way and
this way people suffering from such phobias can be
helped and they can help themselves when they
understand that these fears are superficial and they
can be easily overcome.
Cat phobia is a simple fear of cats, that they will
jump out of somewhere and scratch someone's face with
their claws. This phobia is more commonly observed in
women than in men and basically in children. They
avoid going to houses that keep cats and dogs as
pets. Besides this people also fear lizards or little
insects and they over react if they visit a house
where the people have snakes or tarantulas as pet.
Small children are more likely to suffer from such
phobias. They tend to suffer from an unknown fear of
dogs that they might jump over them and bite them.
These fears may also be original because of a
terrible experience that a person might have gone
through in the past. An encounter with a dog or any
other pet that might have attacked a person and after
that experience a fear sets in the heart that becomes
hard to overcome. Even pets that are treated badly or
harshly start suffering from phobias. They become
hesitant, meek and they start to whimper and hide
under the sofas when any human tries to approach
them. Pets like horses, cats, dogs too suffer from
phobias like fearing fire, loud sounds, explosions
etc. These phobias are curable with the help of
psychiatrists. The best way however, to get rid of a
phobia, like all other fears is to force yourself
into a situation where you have to face it and be
strong, keeping in mind that it will help you get
over it.
Jonathon Hardcastle writes articles on many topics
including Pets, Nursing, and Arts.
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