Health & Medical Anxiety

Agoraphobia - What is It?

If you've been confused by the different phobias that sound like agoraphobia then this article is a MUST read for you.
In this article we will discuss first, what agoraphobia is not.
Second, we will discuss what agoraphobia actually is, and finally we will talk about ways to overcome it.
After reading this article I hope you have a better understanding of agoraphobia, what it is, and how it affects people.
First let's discuss what it is not.
It is not the abnormal fear of sexual abuse, that is Agraphobia.
It is not the fear of heights, that is Acrophobia.
It is not the fear of itching and the insects that cause itching, that is Acarophobia.
Second lets discuss what it is and where the name came from.
It is Greek in origin, because Phobos was a terrifying Greek God and the origin of the word phobia.
The Greek word Agora means marketplace.
Hence, fear of open places.
There are three levels of Agoraphobia.
Level one is when you cannot venture beyond the County bounds.
Level two is when you cannot venture beyond your local neighborhood.
The most serious of all is Level three, That is when you cannot venture outside your own front door.
Finally let's have a look at some useful methods for combating agoraphobia.
Hypnosis tapes are probably the easiest way to start.
You can download them immediately from the Internet in MP3 form.
The beauty of the this, is the fact that you do not have to leave your own home to buy them.
Hypnotherapy is another good way as it allows the hypnotherapist reprogram the sufferers way of thinking and bit by bit help him to take steps beyond his front door.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a fairly new method and has a range of techniques which are used to eradicate or reduced the intensity of remembered experiences and make them more bearable.
Well there you have it, first we discussed the agoraphobia is not.
Second we discussed what agoraphobia actually is, and finally we talked about ways to overcome it.
I hope I answered this question to your satisfaction, and the next time you come across the word agoraphobia, you will remembered this article.
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