Phobias

Phobia of pimples and skin problems: what is dermatophobia

Nobody likes to suffer from skin diseases, just as nobody wants to have pimples or blemishes on their skin. But when it goes from being something we don’t like to an illogical fear that we can’t control, it becomes a phobia. We tell you what exactly dermatophobia is and how you can overcome this fear of pimples and skin diseases. What […]

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Guilt, the feeling that always accompanies women

Women have a tendency to feel guilty and responsible for everything that happens around us. We feel guilty for going to work and not being with our children and we feel guilty if we don’t go to work for taking our children to the doctor. If our relationship fails, we feel guilty, if our partner is unfaithful, we feel guilty. And so

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Acrophobia: I am afraid of heights; how do I get over it?

Fear is a totally irrational feeling. You can be afraid of an infinite number of things: spiders, public speaking, enclosed spaces, holes, and even love. Phobias produce an uncontrollable sensation that can become pathological if not treated in time. Among the millions of phobias that exist, one of the most common is the fear of heights or as it is technically defined: acrophobia.

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Coulrophobia: the causes of extreme fear of clowns

If there is something in the world capable of arousing very diverse emotions and sensations in people, it is clowns. While some associate them with fun and tender childhood moments, others cause real panic. This last group represents a very small percentage of the population, but in this small number of people the figure of the clown can

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Fear of breastfeeding: tips to manage the fear of breastfeeding

Few women feel emotionally free to express and manifest the fear that breastfeeding causes them, at various levels. In order to maintain your mental health in this delicate moment, it is important to be able to recognize, accept, normalize and express this primitive and basic emotion: “fear”, due to the sense of protection and security it

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Do women scare you? You can suffer from gynophobia

Surely you have heard of, it is even likely that you know people who suffer from claustrophia or arachnophobia. But you may have never heard the word gynophobia. Those who suffer from it are afraid of facing a woman and, although it sounds strange, it is a phobia that more people suffer from than you might think at first. Do women

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Are you a highly sensitive person (PAS)? Its 9 characteristics

The term Highly Sensitive People (PAS) was coined by Dr. Elaine Aron in the 1990s. Author of the book “The Highly Sensitive Person” which was and still is a great success, Aron describes in it the concept of PAS. He defines these people as highly empathic and intuitive, with a great capacity to connect with people. According to the author, between 15 and

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