fear of snakes

Ophidiophobia Speakers : Nada

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Outlines

1.Definition of ophidiophobia.

2.Symptoms.

3.Effects and causes.

4.Treatment. 5.Question time.

Definition

Ophidiophobia : is abnormal fear of snakes.

The most common category of herpetophobia (fear of reptiles).

Symptoms 1.Shaking & sweating.

2.Crying & shouting.

3.Running away from snakes.

4. Heart palpitations or have difficulty breathing.

Effects of Ophidiophobia

Over time, the person may begin to fear things that are not directly related to snakes themselves.

1.Afraid of pet stores that offer snakes for sale.

2.Avoids camping / hiking trips / zoos.

3.Unable to look at photographs or TV shows in which snakes appear.

Causes

1.Usually caused by an intense negative experience from the past.

For example, little girl story.

2.But the person's mind can also create that fear seemingly without basis.

For example, Suzy’s story.

Treatment

Drugs & Medication

They may help in the short term.

Also, no drug has ever been developed specifically for snake phobia.

so, it is not effective way for treatment.

How to cure from Ophidiophobia??

The key to cure is digging down to the source and replacing negative associations with positive ones.

The most common treatments are based on cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques.

Treatment Steps :1. Ask the patient to describes his fear and recall anything in his past .

2. teaches the patient how to deal with anxiety with the help of relaxation techniques.

3. Give the patient a background about snakes .

4. Ask the patient imagining small snakes. breathing and relaxing.

5. Showing photographs about how people can live with snake .

6. Showing small photographs of snakes. breathing and relaxing.

7. Ask the patient to touch a plastic snake. breathing and relaxing.

8. Ask the patient to look at real snake inside glass box. breathing and relaxing.

9. Ask the patient to touch a real snake. breathing and relaxing.

Question time

Conclusion

1.Definition of ophidiophobia.

2.Symptoms.

3.Effects and causes.

4.Treatment.

Thank you!!

Resources

•http://phobias.about.com/od/phobiaslist/a/ophidiophobia.htm

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophidiophobia

• http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/snake-phobia/

•http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/snake-phobia/treatment-and-cure