Hello, dear readers of the site! Alektorophobia is the panicky fear of chickens, roosters, and even small chickens.
And today we will consider the main reasons that provoke the occurrence of this phobia, as well as the symptoms by which it can be identified.
What is it like?
Fear appears not only at the sight of chickens or hens, but also any details that remind of them. We are talking about eggs, feathers and even soup sets that are sold in every store.
Mostly this disorder occurs in children, as well as in women. For some reason, they are more often afraid of being near birds.
Symptoms
The fob begins to sweat profusely during a panic attack. It throws him into a fever, despite the time of year and the weather. There is a tremor of the limbs, often a nervous tic makes itself felt.
This is when a person’s facial muscle twitches at the moment of anxiety. Usually in the eye area. Tick does not cause pain, but brings a lot of inconvenience.
Since it seems that it is noticeable to absolutely everyone who is nearby. And it is impossible to stop him with the power of thought. This is quite annoying.
Also, when panicking, it hurts in the chest area, which makes you think about an approaching heart attack. There is a catastrophic lack of air, which frightens even more.
The pressure rises, the heartbeat quickens, it can vomit, vomit. The head is spinning, and there is a desire to urgently go to the toilet. With a strong fright, the alectorophobe runs the risk of losing consciousness. He is tormented by thirst and shortness of breath.
He cannot control his behavior, so he asks everyone who meets on the way for help or just tries to quickly hide from the eyes of strangers.
Because you want to get to a safe place, and also not feel ashamed later for your reactions.
But a narrowed consciousness does not make it possible to correctly assess the environment. Fleeing from a chicken or a rooster, he does not notice the real danger.
For example, what can fall under the wheels of a car, crash into a pole or fall into a hole.
Causes
The most basic reason for the development of alektorophobia is the negative experience of communicating with poultry in childhood.
The child could be very frightened of the attack of the rooster, especially if he managed to peck the baby. Yes, so much so that he simply began to be afraid of absolutely everything that is connected with these representatives of the animal world. Even chicks.
In addition, roosters are considered quite aggressive, any adult is able to lose control of himself, trying to avoid such a fate as being pecked.
Another important role is played by the hereditary factor. If one of the parents had any other kind of mental disorder, this may well affect the health of the child.
Plus, children adopt patterns of adult behavior. And watching how mom or dad avoids birds on the run, or screams hysterically when a chicken approaches her, she will consider such a reaction to be quite natural and normal.
Since mom is so afraid, then these birds are really dangerous. And it will simply behave in exactly the same way, experiencing panic horror only at the thought that one day it will have to meet a live rooster, and so on.
Fear also arises at the sight of eggs, feathers — the fact is that for people who are quite impressionable and prone to anxiety disorders, fantasy works perfectly.
Why are they afraid of absolutely everything that resembles poultry. You never know, suddenly a chick will hatch from an egg at any moment?
Treatment
The fear of chickens and roosters should definitely be treated by going to qualified specialists. It may seem that electrophobia is a fairly simple disorder that will completely go away on its own. But it’s not.
For any kind of phobias, a visit to a psychotherapist or psychiatrist is necessary. Otherwise, gradually, due to panic attacks and constant anxiety, the condition will worsen so much that a person simply stops leaving the house and sleeping at night.
And this, as you yourself understand, will have an extremely negative impact on health, only intensifying the rest of the symptoms of alektorophobia.
During therapy, you will be able to figure out what triggered the development of this disease, as well as how to cope with your feelings.
The psychiatrist, if necessary, will prescribe sleeping pills, sedatives and tranquilizers. This will relieve anxiety, relax the nervous system and help you feel peace and tranquility.
Completion
And that’s all for today, dear readers! Finally, we recommend you an article about a slightly similar phobia, anatidaephobia.
It lies in the fact that a person is terribly afraid of geese and ducks. It seems to him that they are looking at him, observing him. In general, follow the link and find out all the details.
Take care of yourself and be happy!
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina