When You're Afraid To Walk -- Ambulophobia Causes And Treatment Family Articles | October 2 Cheap Zinho Vanheusden Jersey , 2013 The fear of walking, of losing balance, or of falling -- known as ambulophobia -- is more common than is generally acknowledged. In this informative article a leading British psychotherapist explains this phobia and what can be done about it.
Ambulophobia -- the fear of falling or of walking -- is a condition that we sometimes see here in our busy hypnotherapy practice in the U.K.
Although this fear can be experienced at any age, it seems to be more common as a person grows older.
Where once the person felt safe on their feet, free to walk, run or dance Cheap Yuto Nagatomo Jersey , now they feel uncertain and unsafe, needing a walking stick or something or someone to hold onto in order to be mobile.
Some who experience this disorder are fearful of walking on polished or uneven surfaces, others where there are rugs, mats or carpets. Still other people feel uncomfortable walking on almost any kind of surface, particularly when away from home, where they feel even more intensely vulnerable and unsafe.
The fear of falling is one of the few inborn fears. It is an element of the 'Moro Reflex' that we're all born with Cheap Yann Karamoh Jersey , but which we quickly outgrow. Other inate fears are the fear of loud noises, known as 'the startle reflex', and the fear of abandonment. Every child has these natural fears as part of its inborn survival mechanism.
Though it is entirely normal for people to feel anxious or fearful where there is a real danger of falling, amublophobia is an anxiety disorder which goes beyond natural fear, becoming completely disproportionate to the situation.
The fear of walking or of falling is most often the result of an experience in the past where the person fell, saw someone else fall - a process known technically as 'emotion contagion' - or where the person experienced a shock or fear connected with using their legs. The person might have experienced dizziness. they may have slipped or fallen Cheap Tommaso Berni Jersey , and this has then become linked with fear at the subconscious level. This specific experience has now become generalized to all walking, becoming a 'conditioned reflex', which now elicits an unwanted and unmerited degree of anxiety in situations that are in fact normally quite safe.
Surprisingly, the origins of this particular phobia may be traced back to an experience, or initial sensitizing event in childhood, remaining dormant for years Cheap Stevan Jovetic Jersey , and only becoming manifest when something triggers it into being later in life. This triggering event might have coincided with a particularly emotional or stressful time in the person's life, or it may have been re-activated through an experience similar to the original sensitizing experience.
With hypnotherapy it is not necessary that the person with this phobia be able to remember what triggered it. The subconscious part of the mind has forgotten nothing, and it is this part of the mind that is consulted when in the trance state of hypnosis.
Once the initial sensitizing event, together with significant reinforcing events and the symptom-producing event have all been uncovered and correctly re-processed or neutralized at the subconscious level, then the exaggerated fear and anxiety usually just fades away.
If you or if someone you know is experiencing ambulophobia; if you're afraid of walking or falling, then be assured Cheap Stephen Danso Jersey , help is available.
Contact a fully qualified and experienced advanced transformational hypnotherapist and you might just be surprised at how rapidly you can let go of the anxiety and fear.
Through modern advanced transformational hypnotherapy you really can conquer ambulophobia, end the anxiety, and return to your natural state of balance and well-being.
Article Tags: You're Afraid
I want to warn you: this article can cause some discomfort, indignation and sense of insult in minds of people who are not ready to be successful. If you are not ready to face the truth, please don't read this article, because I don't want to hurt your feelings for nothing.
If you've decided to keep reading answer a couple of questions first.
How old are you? What have you done in all these years that you can be proud of? What have you done to become successful and happy person? And now let me ask you just one last question - WHY aren't you successful and happy yet?
In my long practice with people I've heard so many different answers that if I'd decide to write them all down I could publish a 500 page book. I'd call it "The guide for people who want to be miserable and stay that way forever".
Think about it... Who is responsible for you not being happy and successful?
Not your neighbors Cheap Samuele Longo Jersey , not your wife, not the circumstances, not the economy or the weather. YOU ARE.
It is YOUR life, YOUR choices and YOUR responsibility. I know it is very hard to accept, because we are so used to blame everyone and everything for our unhappiness and our failures. We don't want to take responsibility for our actions. Furthermore, we're afraid of the responsibility because if something goes wrong we will have no one to blame for it Cheap Samir Handanovic Jersey , but ourselves. This includes