http://positivetranceformations.com.au/blog/ Is suriphobia or a fear of mice, rats and similar small critters a major problem? Is it really worth booking a session with a therapist for a few sessions of hypnosis? This really depends on you.

1. Suriphobia – Part 1
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2. Suriphobia sounds as though it’s one
of those silly phobias that people invent
for a chuckle.

3. You’ve probably seen those lists – they
often get used as funny fillers in
magazines. But suriphobia isn’t one of
those made up phobias.

4. In fact, suriphobia is quite common and
we occasionally have people coming to
seek help from hypnotherapy for it.

5. Suriphobia is, quite simply, a morbid
fear of mice. It can also be extended
to a terror of rats and of other small
furry animals.

7. This sort of fear sound slightly
ridiculous but it does happen. And,
contrary to the cartoon images, it’s not
confined to women. People of both
sexes can have trouble with this
problem.

8. Fear of mice and other small animals
may have a number of causes,
although the reasons why mice trigger
a panic response in someone will
vary, depending on the individual
and his or her background.

9. Theory 1:
The startle response. It is natural to
react in surprise when suddenly
confronted with something unexpected
that moves very quickly.

10. There you are, opening the cupboard to
get a Tim Tam and instead of finding
the biscuits, there’s this small grey
thing that moves quickly.

11. If you already have problems with
anxiety and stress, the surprise might
be enough to tip you over the edge into
a panic attack.

12. This may create a mental pathway
where the sight of a mouse becomes
associated with the panic attack, and
then you get a situation where you get
afraid of mice because you’re scared of
going into another panic attack.

13. Hypnosis can be used to help break the
mental pathway and also to deal with
the underlying anxiety and stress,
which would have the knock-on effect
of dealing with the suriphobia.

14. Theory 2:
Fear of disease. Mice and rats do
carry disease (although pet rats are as
clean as any other pet, if not cleaner –
but that’s another story).

15. Historically, rats have carried the
plague and if you’ve learned this fact,
then you have probably learned to
associate the sight of this rodent with a
horrible disease that decimated the
planet.

16. Some people have an obsession with
germs and hygiene that goes beyond
normal precautions and goes into the
realm of obsessive-compulsive
disorder, and a fear of mice is an
extension of this condition, as they are
“disease personified”.

17. Again, dealing with the underlying
cause via hypnotherapy or some other
form of counselling is needed to deal
with the root of the problem.

18. Suriphobia can be cured. You just need
to consult expert Hypnotist Brisbane.

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