As we go through life, we interact with different people who produce very varied sensations. Among the emotions most recognized by human beings, we may have perceived joy, sadness, anguish, anger and / or fear when we get in contact with other people. It may happen that someone creates a certain fear in you when they see it. However, there are people who experience intense fear in the presence of one or more men. Does it look familiar to you? This may have happened to you or you may know someone who has this feeling.
The fear of men can cause inconveniences that interfere in our lives. Having knowledge about this topic can give us tools to tackle this problem. Do you want to know more about this? In this Psychology-Online article, we will provide you with information about Androphobia, what is it, what are its symptoms and treatment.
Index
- What is androphobia
- Symptoms of androphobia
- Androphobia treatment
What is androphobia.
Before talking about androphobia, we must first know what a phobia consists of. In general terms,
- Fear and / or intense anxiety towards specific people, objects or situations (in this case, the men represent the main cause of this disorder). Androphobia, that's what the fear of men is called!
- The phobic situation provokes reactions of fear or elevated anxiety.
- Existence of fear or anxiety disproportionate to the danger posed by the person, object or phobic situation.
- Anxiety, fear and avoidance cause deterioration in work and social relationships.
- Anxiety, fear, and avoidance last six months or longer.
Notably this anxiety disorder is found mainly in women, although it is also possible that some men suffer from it. However, this fact is rare.
Androphobia symptoms.
Androphobia has a series of very important symptoms that are pertinent to know. Before explaining them, we must bear in mind that the way in which each person experiences the Symptoms may vary depending on the resources and tools that have been acquired in the course of life. Next, we will describe the main symptoms that stand out in androphobia:
- Excessive sweating
- Shortness of breath
- Dizziness
- Fast heartbeat
- Heavy breathing
- Tremors
- Fainting
- Sickness
- Avoidance of possible situations in which there are men
- Catastrophic thoughts linked to men
Androphobia treatment.
How to overcome androphobia? Fortunately, there are some currently available treatments for androphobia. These treatments are highly effective in cases of androphobia, resulting in an improvement in the quality of life of those who have compatible symptoms. In this way, we will describe the current treatments in the following items:
Psychotherapy
The therapy sessions provide tools that are helpful in the manifestation of androphobia. On the one hand, short-term therapies offer the possibility of modifying thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in situations that arouse fear and / or anxiety. As a result, short problem-solving therapies are aimed at gradually expose the person to conflict situations to have various resources in life. Here we can encompass the cognitive behavioral therapy as the best known. The treatment used in phobias is exposure technique.
On the other hand, there are long-term therapies that aim to find the origin of the problem that causes the symptom. Generally, these situations are in the past and understanding the behaviors produces that the person suffering from a problem can find new ways to cope with their problems. conflicts. Among the best known extensive therapies, we can highlight the psychoanalysis.
Medication
There are some drugs of pharmacological origin that can be given in cases of androphobia. However, this must be indicated by a health professional that can verify the evolution of the clinical picture that the patient presents. Likewise, the complexity of the case plays an important role here and psychiatric treatments are usually carried out in tune with psychological therapy because the cause of androphobia comes from unpleasant experiences in life, among others.
The type of treatment chosen will depend on the characteristics of the person suffering from androphobia and factors such as age, Sex, pre-existing medical conditions, and family history play a key role in the development of symptoms and the remission of symptoms. themselves.
If you want to know more about phobias, then you will find:
- Types of rare phobias and their meaning
- The 15 most common phobias and their definition
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
If you want to read more articles similar to Androphobia: what is it, symptoms and treatment, we recommend that you enter our category of Clinical psychology.
Bibliography
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- American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). Arlington: Editorial Médica Panamericana.
- Fernández, J. (2010). Sex and gender: two different scientific domains that need to be clarified. Psicothema Magazine, 22 (2), 256-262.
