by Bertil Hjert on May 1, 2009
Answer true or false:
• I get anxious in most situations where I have to stop and wait, for example, stoplights, standing in line at the grocery store.
• I avoid or am afraid of traveling on public transportation, trains, buses, commercial jets.
• It´s uncomfortable for me to be in a closed-in place or in a crowd of people.
• I often [...]
by Bertil Hjert on April 24, 2009
The reported incidence of phobic behavior is at least four times greater for women than it is for men. Some estimates suggest there are ten times as many phobic women as phobic men. Yet no one has ever been able to offer a satisfactory explanation for this.
Of course many people, both professional and nonprofessional, have [...]
by Bertil Hjert on April 13, 2009
AUDITORY PHOBIAS
All auditory sound information is filtered, sequenced and fine tuned by the inner-ear system. If this system is impaired, you may be hypersensitive to certain loud or piercing noises, such as: a clap of thunder, a fire alarm, a police siren, screeching brakes, a ringing telephone, a tire blowout. If any of these sounds [...]
by Bertil Hjert on April 13, 2009
MOTION-RALATED PHOBIAS
The inner-ear processes all motion-related information. If it is impaired, you may be hypersensitive to horizontal motion, vertical motion, clockwise motion, counterclockwise motion, or any combination of the above.
Depending on what types of motion you are sensitive to, and your degree of sensitivity to each, the movement of a boat, plane, car, elevator, escalator, [...]