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There are many reasons as to why people fear of being alone. There are also a variety of therapies available to help overcome this fear. Each specialized therapy should only be done by licensed professionals (ex. licensed clinician, social workers, therapists, etc.)

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Autophobia is the fear of being alone. It may also be called isolaphobia or monophobia. Some of the symptom include the following:

• sweating

• dry mouth

• shaking violently

• inability to think clearly

• cannot breathe properly

• experience anxiety attacks

• nausea and sickness

• heart beats fast

• fear that you may die at any point

• becoming mad or losing control

There may be many causes of autophobia

• Association with a bad experience

  As a child, parents locked you up in a room for long hours of penalization.

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Earlier this year, I wrote a blog suggesting 5 ways of overcoming fear of flying

Here are 5 more ways:

1. Breathing Exercises

   • Find a comfortable position and close your eyes

   • Place your hand on your abdomen

   • Inhale slowly through your nose and feel your lungs fill up (feel abdomen rising, not the chest)

   • Hold that deep breath for three to five seconds

   • Slowly let the breath out

   • Rest for a few seconds

   • Repeat ten times.

2. Progressive muscle relaxation exercise

   • Start with deep breaths (from breathing exercise)

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WHAT IS PRECOMPETITIVE ANXIETY?

Imagine that it is the night before a sports competition and you begin to worry about whether you will be that dependent star player or win the trophy. You may have symptoms such as dry mouth, sweaty palms and rapid heart rate right before the “big game”. This is an example of precompetitive anxiety (PCA), one at the most debilitating variables in sport performance. It is a state of arousal that is unpleasant or negative and occurs during the 24 hour span prior to competition. Every athlete and performer has varying degrees of this to which it influences the outcome of the performance.

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People experiencing obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms and their family may spend years not knowing what is wrong. Even with a diagnosis, there is tension within relationships and it can be frustrating, often taking a toll on family and friends. Family dynamics are impacted and social networks can become small. Here are some ways that family and friends can do to help a loved one diagnosed with OCD.

• Learn about the disorder

  Researching the disorder is important so that you can find out about misconceptions like how people suffering from OCD lack willpower, are lazy or suffers from trauma. Learning can help foster an understanding of what the person is going through. Encourage your loved one who suffers from OCD to read literature or watch presentations.

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I was washing my hands thinking about the act of washing my hand. I like to put the soap on my hand first and then wash it under the water. I have rituals like this, but they don’t consume my life. I wanted to research more about this topic of how a simple ritual is different from obsessive compulsive disorder.

What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? (National Institute of Mental Health, Mayo Clinic)

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