Eisoptrophobia is a psychological condition in which people are afraid of mirrors or seeing a person's reflection in the mirror. "Eisoptrophobia" comes from the Greek "eis" (ke) and "optikos" (sight, image, sight). Although sufferers know their fear is irrational, they experience excessive anxiety when they look in the mirror. This is because their fears based on superstitions such as breaking a mirror will bring them bad luck or look into a mirror will put them in contact with the supernatural world in the mirror. (https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12252)
Causes and Symptoms
Phobias arise from a combination of external events, such as traumatic events, and internal trends, such as hereditary or genetic factors. Many specific phobias can be traced back to a particular trigger event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. The different symptoms of each person depends on their level of fear. Usually, the symptoms include extreme anxiety, fear and everything related to panic such as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, inability to articulate words or sentences, dry mouth and trembling. (http://common-phobias.com/Eisoptro/phobia.htm)
Maintenance
Like other phobias, the ideal treatment for eisoptrophobia is cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT). (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321006/) CBT is a form of psychotherapy that handles problems and improves happiness by modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts. CBT focuses more on solutions than causes of conflict by encouraging patients to challenge distorted cognition and change the destructive nature of behavior. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/cognitive-behavioral-therapy) However, psychotherapy may not succeed in achieving remarkable therapeutic effects. Although, the effectiveness of drugs in specific phobias is very limited, this may be an alternative. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321006/) Drug is not a drug, but it can be very effective in the short term. Anxiety medication will only provide temporary relief, will not treat the underlying cause. Once the user stops using the drug, the symptoms will return in full force. However, many addictive drug anxiety, which makes it difficult for users to stop it once they start. Three types of drugs commonly used in the treatment of eisoptrophobia are beta blockers, antidepressants, and benzodiazepines. (http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/eisoptrophobia/medication-and-drugs/)
Beta blockers are used to reduce performance anxiety. These drugs work by blocking the flow of adrenaline that appears when you are anxious. They can control physical symptoms such as shaking hands or voicing, rapid heartbeat, and sweating, but they do not affect the emotional symptoms of anxiety.
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