When sensations disconcert us, we want to find a name for what happens to us. This way we know what exactly is happening to us and we can solve it. But sometimes it happens that there are two terms that are used interchangeably even though they are not the same and we can get confused. Do you know the […]
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Some phobias dangerously resemble behaviors of people close to you. Surely you know someone who is afraid of love, who says never to fall in love and who is classified as a person allergic to commitment. In this case, the problem is not with that person, but with those who fall in love with them,
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When a problem begins to condition your life, it’s time to get down working to. This is just what happens to people suffering from paruresis, popularly known as shy bladder syndrome. We tell you what it is and how to treat this disorder. What is paruresis or shy bladder syndrome? As the psychologist Pedro Martínez explains to us, “those
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Psychological imbalances are the order of the day. With the stress in which we live and our emotional balance hanging by a thread, it is normal for phobias to arise in the most varied situations. And it is that the world of irrational fears is immense and sometimes we are surprised by some that we do not
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Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us react and protect ourselves from danger. When that terror does not have rational reasons and affects your daily functions, it is when it becomes a phobia. And there are many types of phobias, some of which we know and understand, while others are rare phobias that surprise us. If you
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Have you noticed that we live surrounded by crystals? Perhaps you have not noticed this detail, but people who suffer from hyalophobia are very aware of it. Hyalophobia or the fear of crystals is a very limiting disorder because there is no way to avoid the stimulus that causes fear. In our dictionary of phobias we talk
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The Chinese community has been installed in our country and throughout the world for years and they continue to arouse certain suspicions. Now more, because the fact that the first news we had of the coronavirus was in China has made chino phobia spread faster than the. The Chinese are in the crosshairs and, although it is
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Can’t eat peanut butter? You may not like its taste or its texture and that is why you can’t stand it in your meals. But you may also suffer from arachibutyrophobia, a phobic disorder related to eating that can cause you more than one problem. If you want to know more about arachibutyrophobia or fear of peanut butter, we will
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That phobias are a problem for developing a full, happy and healthy life is something we already knew. What surprises us is some of the consequences of phobias, those vicious circles that are created around fear and from which it seems impossible to get out. But it is not impossible, because all phobias can be overcome. Discover in
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You may have once had a partner who suffered from gam phobia and you have confused it with a lifestyle. Gamophobia is the fear of marriage, but it is a phobic disorder, not a simple rejection of commitment or a particular way of living life as a couple. What is gam phobia? Gamophobia is the fear of marriage or commitment.
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