Thursday, July 06, 2006
DANCE PHOBIA: Treatment and Hope
DANCE PHOBIA: Treatment and Hope
What is Dance Phobia?
Defined as "dancing", each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress.
To add insult to an already distressing condition, most dance phobia therapies take months or years and sometimes even require the patient to be exposed repeatedly to their fear. We believe that not only is this totally unnecessary, it will often make the condition worse. And it is particularly cruel as dance phobia can be eliminated with the right methods and just 24 hours of commitment by the phobic individual.
Known by a number of names - Chorophobia and Fear of Dancing being the most common - the problem often significantly impacts the quality of life. It can cause panic attacks and keep people apart from loved ones and business associates. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea, and overall feelings of dread, although everyone experiences dance phobia in their own way and may have different symptoms. Our treatment involves no drugs.
Though a variety of potent drugs are often prescribed for dance phobia, side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms can be severe. Moreover, drugs do not "cure" dance phobia or any other phobia. At best they temporarily suppress the symptoms through chemical interaction.
What is the cause of Dance Phobia?
Like all fears and phobias, dance phobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism. At some point in your past, there was likely an event linking dancing and emotional trauma. Whilst the original catalyst may have been a real-life scare of some kind, the condition can also be triggered by myriad, benign events like movies, TV, or perhaps seeing someone else experience trauma.
But so long as the negative association is powerful enough, the unconscious mind thinks: "Ahh, this whole thing is very dangerous. How do I keep myself from getting in this kind of situation again? I know, I'll attach terrible feelings to dancing, that way I'll steer clear in future and so be safe." Just like that dance phobia is born. Attaching emotions to situations is one of the primary ways that humans learn. Sometimes we just get the wiring wrong.
The actual phobia manifests itself in different ways. Some sufferers experience it almost all the time, others just in response to direct stimuli. Everyone has their own unique formula for when and how to feel bad. ¶ 7:00 PM
What is Dance Phobia?
Defined as "dancing", each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress.
To add insult to an already distressing condition, most dance phobia therapies take months or years and sometimes even require the patient to be exposed repeatedly to their fear. We believe that not only is this totally unnecessary, it will often make the condition worse. And it is particularly cruel as dance phobia can be eliminated with the right methods and just 24 hours of commitment by the phobic individual.
Known by a number of names - Chorophobia and Fear of Dancing being the most common - the problem often significantly impacts the quality of life. It can cause panic attacks and keep people apart from loved ones and business associates. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea, and overall feelings of dread, although everyone experiences dance phobia in their own way and may have different symptoms. Our treatment involves no drugs.
Though a variety of potent drugs are often prescribed for dance phobia, side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms can be severe. Moreover, drugs do not "cure" dance phobia or any other phobia. At best they temporarily suppress the symptoms through chemical interaction.
What is the cause of Dance Phobia?
Like all fears and phobias, dance phobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism. At some point in your past, there was likely an event linking dancing and emotional trauma. Whilst the original catalyst may have been a real-life scare of some kind, the condition can also be triggered by myriad, benign events like movies, TV, or perhaps seeing someone else experience trauma.
But so long as the negative association is powerful enough, the unconscious mind thinks: "Ahh, this whole thing is very dangerous. How do I keep myself from getting in this kind of situation again? I know, I'll attach terrible feelings to dancing, that way I'll steer clear in future and so be safe." Just like that dance phobia is born. Attaching emotions to situations is one of the primary ways that humans learn. Sometimes we just get the wiring wrong.
The actual phobia manifests itself in different ways. Some sufferers experience it almost all the time, others just in response to direct stimuli. Everyone has their own unique formula for when and how to feel bad. ¶ 7:00 PM
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