Phobia

Nature or Nurture? Did you come with it already installed, or did you learn how to do it? There is evidence to show that we all have varying sensitivity towards a given stimulus, and the fact that a parent suffers with the same Phobia, can lead people to go with the pre-loaded version.

The phobias I have encountered in over 30 years of practice, leads me to believe it’s far more likely to be learned behaviour. So, a helpless infant, whose primary care-giver has a phobia, knows, instinctively, to fear whatever is triggering the parent.

Since Phobia tends to have a simple trigger, it is ideal for a no-nonsense approach to locate and un-hook, the real cause of the trouble.