Phobia: Treat it with homeopathy

Vashi2Panvel.com: Navi Mumbai: October 6: Thirty-year-old David Scott suffered from claustrophobia, an unnaturalfear of closed spaces and crowds. At the same time, he needed company. The problem had begun after he had once been struck in his office lift, alone. While there had been no accident or any other untoward incident, it gave rise to an unnatural fear in him.

Fear, medically referred to as a phobia, is an instinctive, fearful reaction to a situation or stimulus which is out of proportion to the danger exuded by that particular stimulus. Generally patients tend to so rearrange situations that they are able to avoid all the fear inducing stimuli. Such avoidance however may upset growth and development, thus disturbing one's peace of mind. Medical and psychological help thereforeis a must.

Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of certain objects or situations. Phobias occur in several forms; the fear associated with a phobia can focus on a particular object (specific phobia) or be a fear of embarrassment in a public setting (social phobia). People who have phobias are often so overwhelmed by their anxiety that they avoid the feared objects or situations.