http://positivetranceformations.com.au/blog/suriphobia/ 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. 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.

1. SURIPHOBIA: WHAT IT IS AND HOW
TO DEAL WITH IT

2. SURIPHOBIA IS, QUITE SIMPLY, A MORBID FEAR
OF MICE.

3. IT CAN ALSO BE EXTENDED TO A TERROR OF
RATS AND OF OTHER SMALL FURRY ANIMALS.
THIS SORT OF FEAR SOUND SLIGHTLY
RIDICULOUS BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.

4. 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.

5. THEORY 1: THE STARTLE RESPONSE.

6. IT IS NATURAL TO REACT IN SURPRISE WHEN
SUDDENLY CONFRONTED WITH SOMETHING
UNEXPECTED THAT MOVES VERY QUICKLY.

7. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH
ANXIETY AND STRESS, THE SURPRISE MIGHT
BE ENOUGH TO TIP YOU OVER THE EDGE INTO
A PANIC ATTACK.

8. THEORY 2: FEAR OF DISEASE.

9. 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”.

10. THEORY 3: AN EXTENSION OF
ARACHNOPHOBIA.

11. ARACHNOPHOBIA IS QUITE COMMON, AND
OFTEN STEMS FROM CHILDHOOD – POSSIBLY
A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE INVOLVING A
REDBACK OR A FUNNEL WEB COULD HAVE
CAUSED THE ARACHNOPHOBIA.

12. LIKE SPIDERS, MICE ARE SMALLISH, SCUTTLE
QUICKLY AND ARE FOUND IN DARK
CUPBOARDS WHERE WE DON’T EXPECT
THEM.

13. THEORY 4: HORROR MOVIES.

14. THIS APPLIES MORE TO A FEAR OF RATS
RATHER THAN A FEAR OF MICE, BUT RATS
HAVE BEEN USED TO CREATE SCARY SCENES
IN FILMS.

15. SCENES CAN INVOLVE LARGE NUMBERS OF
RATS SWARMING OVER A CHARACTER OR
EVEN, IN EXTREME CASES, EATING SOME
HELPLESSLY TRAPPED PERSON ALIVE.

16. THE FEAR OF MICE, AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
IS NOT LIMITED TO FEMALES.

17. 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?

18. THIS REALLY DEPENDS ON YOU.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET HELP BY
CONSULTING A HYPNOTHERAPIST IN GOLD
COAST

19. POSITIVETRANCEFORMATIONS.COM.AU