Batophobia: features, types and methods of treatment

As well, when there is an open pond nearby, you can swim and frolic in it. Every person dreams of such a pastime. But just not everyone likes to swim in dangerous places - where it is very deep. And this is a normal fear, since a sense of self-preservation is characteristic of man.

But there are people who are just in panic afraid to go into the water because of an inexplicable fear. Such personalities are called bathophobes.

There are various water-related phobic disorders, among which the most prominent is bathophobia. This fear is associated with a fear of depth and is one of the manifestations of the fear of death. People's beliefs say that before he dies, a person often dreams about how he drowns and is absorbed by the dark abyss.

Without water, no living thing can live long. In the summer, everyone wants to get to rest on the sea. But despite this, people are desperately afraid of the water element. And for good reason: when it becomes uncontrollable, it can take many lives. Therefore, a man has learned this lesson from ancient times and tries not to overstep the line of safety. And this is quite normal.

Another thing when a person has a tendency to obsessive states. When in the water, he starts to panic, and this condition causes health problems. As a result of stress development, such a swimmer can drown, even if he knows how to swim well.

There is another category of people who has a very rich imagination. And this number of individuals is prone to phobic disorders. Watching films where people fall into a storm, and their ship begins to sink, and the terrible waves absorb everything in their path, they begin to imagine themselves in the place of these people. Suspicious and impressionable persons are so much in the position of passengers in distress that they can no longer control their emotions. The result is a panic that occurs out of the blue.

Only at first glance, bathophobia seems to be not a very dangerous disease. To avoid it just do not come close to those reservoirs where it is very deep. However, an individual with an upset psyche will find a reason for panic. And such manifestations can seriously affect his health.

Fear of depth is divided into two main categories.

• Objective - with her, a person is really in danger. For example, when it fell into a whirlpool and could be tightened to the depth from minute to minute. Also, an objective fear of depth may arise if a vessel carrying people is in serious danger. Then a sense of self-preservation is triggered, and general panic begins on the deck.
• Destructive a phobia appears as a result of obsessive thoughts that may arise when an individual is at depth. Keeping well afloat, a person suddenly begins to model various negative situations and thereby winds himself up. For example, it seems to him that during the voyage he will start a cramp, and he will quickly sink.

In other cases, after watching various programs that tell about floods, the individual, sitting at home on the couch, imagines that now an uncontrollable wave will cover him.As a result of his invented phobia, he begins to fight hysterically, and this attack is quite difficult to stop.

In severe phobias, fear of fear of water may appear even when there is no reservoir nearby. It is just that a person gradually begins to wind himself up and present the negative consequences of what is able to get into the center of the whirlpool. This individual turns non-existent moments in his mind, develops the severity of the problem instead of calming down.

As a result of such actions, the batophobe organism starts a process that provokes the release of a huge amount of adrenaline. The brain can't handle it. The result of this is the failure of all systems of the human body. Further changes occur, provoking the following symptoms:

• breathing becomes intermittent;
• dizziness and severe headache may begin;
• pressure jumps occur - it either increases significantly or decreases;
• tormenting thirst;
• there is nausea or lump to the throat;
• sweating of arms and legs increases significantly;
• there is often double vision in the eyes;
• disorientation in space begins.

Most phobias come from childhood. And if a person has a very disturbing and suspicious temperament, then the risk of a phobia only increases. And the character is laid in adolescence. When when a child was abused by adults, did not communicate with his peers, or, conversely, often fell into bad company, it is likely that in adulthood this person will develop some kind of phobia.

Of course, if this individual’s life develops very well (there will be no stresses and various negative stories), he will try not to recall the bad moments from the past. They will not be able to affect his mood. However, in the fate of happening troubles that can not always be overcome and cope with them on their own. For example, a nightmare is dreaming, where a person drowns in the dark depths, and he is very similar to reality. It is then that the stress period begins, which leads to an obsessive state.

The development of such a scenario is not excluded. Trouble on the water can occur with every person. For example, some bathobobs became addicted to fear after experiencing a cramp while swimming in the sea.. When such a situation occurs and life turns out to be “in the balance,” then a person already imagines in advance what will happen to him if the tragedy happens.

Choking with water and losing consciousness, a person gets a lot of stress. At the moment of salvation, he is resurrected, and the individual involuntarily once again “scrolls” in his mind the tragedy that occurred to him. And then comes the realization of what could happen to him further if he had not been saved. Awareness of the near death can bring a person to madness.

People who have experienced such emotions can never forget this horror. He will emerge in the mind again and again. This is how self-preservation works. In some individuals, this fear will remain just fear and will not develop into a more serious condition. Other people who have a predisposition to obsessive moods may experience frequent panic attacks.

Not all people know how to behave properly on the water. They do not realize that the element can be dangerous, so they often put their lives and the lives of others at risk. There are such cases when friends for a joke are thrown into the water of their friend. They do not even think that a friend can not swim. Once in the depths, the person begins to sink and call for help. There is a panic.

Not the fact that his friends also know how to swim well. While everyone is looking for help, the victim manages to choke and go to the bottom. After saving, such an individual will put his feelings in order for a long time and this is why: a fall into the water occurred suddenly, and as we know, the suddenness of an accident significantly affects the development of a negative state.

Irrational fear arises suddenly, it cannot be explained. And an unforeseen event, when a person does not expect anything bad, also suddenly arises. And this relationship is fatal.

They also make a huge difference. Weak and impressionable personalities are always more prone to phobias. If they just watch a horror movie or a documentary plot about how people are drowning and dying, they begin to project this negative on themselves.

So people have seen enough of the picture. After that, their fears gradually develop into a more serious condition. When approaching an open source of water, they remember the film they watched and it seems to them that the abyss will now absorb them.

To overcome phobic disorders can be in different ways.

To treat a phobia is necessary only with the help of an experienced therapist, who will first identify the cause of fear, and then select an individual therapy.

• Hypnotherapy. It implies psychotherapeutic work with a person who is imposed on an altered state, and then his mind is subjected to external suggestion. Hypnologist inspires man that he no longer fears depth.
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy. It lies in the fact that psychological problems and neuropsychological disorders are changed with the help of joint and specific work of a specialist and a patient. Batofob tells his fears, and the doctor corrects his thoughts with the help of a special technique.
• Autotraining It also helps to relax the mind of a person and tune in to positive.
• Neuro-linguistic programming - It is a part of practical psychology that develops applied techniques that learn from the experience of psychotherapists and masters of communication. Verbal suggestions can make the individual no longer afraid of the deep waters.
• If the disease is serious and has a neglected form, then drug therapy is prescribed. Only this question should be solved by an experienced specialist, otherwise uncontrolled medication will lead to unforeseen consequences.

In addition, you can use parallel methods to reduce anxiety. It is necessary to watch more programs about the depths of the sea or about those inhabitants that are found in rivers and lakes. Just you will see the underwater world and look at the water with different eyes. The element of depth is so rich and colorful that you will not have any more thoughts about the fear of this miracle of nature.