When it comes to anxiety disorders, such as monophobia, the effects the disorder can have on a person’s everyday life are crippling. What starts as an eccentric trait can quickly progress into a serious condition that influences nearly every aspect of a person’s life. In the case of monophobia, a fear of being alone, this can result in reclusive behaviors, panic attacks and bring a person’s social, emotional and mental well-being crashing down around them.
When you see stories on the news or television about these disorders, it is always about the latest treatments or expensive programs that guarantee success. Of course, these come at a substantial monetary cost and can often involve flying halfway around the world. Worst of all, almost none of these programs guarantee they will cure your anxiety. Few even guarantee they will improve your symptoms.
What these programs do not tell you is that many of the most powerful methods available for managing your anxiety and symptoms are inside you. With some work and patience, it is quite possible to manage and reduce your symptoms significantly using proven methods such as deep cycle breathing, desensitization and meditation. While professional assistance might be required for extreme cases or as occasional assistance throughout your healing process, you can create lasting results on your own. If you feel unable to handle the process on your own, there is nothing wrong with seeking professional assistance.
The key to this is finding the root of your monophobia or anxiety issue. Most phobias are based in a trauma life experience. More often than not, this is an event that occurred during your childhood. Frequent causes of monophobia include the death of a parent at a young age and abandonment. Once you know what is causing your anxiety, you can then start to work on reducing your symptoms.
For many sufferers of monophobia, the best results come from exposure therapy. This is a method of therapy that involves exposing yourself to the triggers of your anxiety and then keeping yourself in the situation for as long as possible. You can start by simply having the person who is your comforter leave the room. When it becomes too much to bear, have them come back in. Each time you repeat this, try to add a few minutes to your time. This provides an easily tracked way of monitoring your progress. Before you know it, you will be able to go extended periods without anxiety. Eventually the problem can even be resolved permanently.
