GRAPHO-PHOBIA
FEAR OF WRITING IN FRONT
OF PUBLIC; OR SOMEONE ELSE
WHAT IS GRAPHO-PHOBIA ?
WHEN A PERSON GETS SCARED TO WRITE IN PRESENCE
OF SOMEONE ELSE, OR IN PRESENCE OF PUBLIC/ SOCIAL GROUP. STARTS AVOIDING SUCH SITUATIONS,
GETS WORRIED ABOUT FACING SIMILAR SITUATION IN FUTURE, THIS PROCESS IS CALLED
GRAPHO-PHOBIA.
THE PERSON FEARS MAKING ERRORS WHILE WRITING
IN FRONT OF OTHERS, SOMETIMES WORRIES THAT OTHER/ OTHERS WILL MAKE FUN OF HIM,
THEY WILL LAUGH AT HIM, WHICH IN TURN WILL MAKE HIM FEEL LOW / MORALLY DOWN.
IS HAVING GRAPHO-PHOBIA DANGEROUS?
AS SUCH IT IS NOT A DANGEROUS CONDITION. BUT DEFINITELY
IT HAMPERS PERSON’S PERFORMANCE. IN CORPORATE WORLD, USUALLY SMALL TEAMS ARE
FORMED AND EMPLOYEES ARE TOLD TO LEAD THE TEAMS. IN THIS CASE THERE IS
NECESSITY OF SHOWING PRESENTATION, WRITING IN FRONT OF GROUP. BUT WITH THIS TYPE
OF PHOBIA THE PERSON SIMPLY TENDS TO AVOID THE SITUATION AND CAUSES MANY LOSSES
IN APPRECIATION AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
IN SOME CASES PEOPLE GET SCARED TO SIGN ON
CHEQUE IN CROWDED PLACES OR , IN FRONT OF OTHERS , THIS LEADS TO A GREAT
LIMITATION , IF IN CASE OF EMERGENCY THE PERSON NEEDS TO SIGN A CHEQUE URGENTLY
IN A PUBLIC PLACE .
THESE LIMITATIONS CAN BE SURELY OVERCOME IF WE
UNDERSTAND THE PHENOMENON OF FEAR-PHOBIA PROPERLY.
WHY DOES THIS GRAPHO-PHOBIA HAPPEN TO SOME PEOPLE? (ETIOLOGY)
THE CONDITION MAY BE SEEN IN RESPONSE TO MANY FACTORS IN LIFE FEW OF WHICH
WE DISCUSS HERE ARE:-
1.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
2.
BIOLOGICAL
USUALLY A BILOGICAL SET UP OF A PERSON MAKES HIM MORE VULNERABLE TO GET
THIS PHOBIA, ON THE TOP OF IT PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS TRIGGER OR ACTIVATE THIS CONDITION.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
GENERAL GROWTH OF THE CHILD, IN WHICH
ENVIRONMENT THE CHILD IS BORN AND BROUGHT UP , THE RESPONSE OF FAMILY MEMBERS
TO STRESSFUL CONDITIONS , THE LEARNED BEHAVIOUR OF THE CHILD , ATTITUDES OF THE
CHILD TOWARDS , IN FUTURE DECIDE THE EXPRESSION OF PHOBIA LIKE CONDITIONS .
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL GROWTH
OF THE CHILD
IN CHILDHOOD WHILE WRITING SOMETHING, IF
SOMONE HAD CRITICISED HIM, OR LAUGHED AT HIM, OR WAS MADE FUN OF; CHILDS STARTS
TAKING THESE CRITICISM SERIOUSLY. COMPARING WITH HANDWRITING OF SIBLINGS OR
BETTER CHILDREN FROM CLASS MAY AGGREVATE THIS SELF EMBARASSING ATTITUDE. CHILD
MAY START ASSUMING THAT HIS HANDWRITING IS WORST AND CAN NOT BE SHOWN TO OTHERS.
THIS LEADS TO AVOIDING BEHAVIOUR. AVOIDING NATURALLY INCREASES FEAR, THAT STILL
SOMEONE MAY CRITICISE, IF THEY SEE MY HANDWRITING.
THIS LEADS TO GUILT AND LOW SELF
CONFIDENCE IN CHILD, WHICH IS EXPRESSED IN LATER LIFE.
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS ARE VERY COMMONLY INVOLVED
IN FORMATION OF PHOBIA. THERE ARE MANY STUDIES SHOWING GENETIC PREDIPOSITION
OF PHOBIA IN MANY CASES. MANY TIMES THE ANXIETY DISORDERS ARE TRACED BACK IN PARENTS,
OR THEIR CHILDHOOD HISTORY.
THERE STUDIES WHICH SHOW STRONG CONNECTION
BETWEEN NEUROTRANSMITTER IMBALANCE AND EXPRESSION OF THIS CONDITION.
COMMONLY INVOVLED NEUROTRANSMITTERS ARE DOPAMINE,
EPINEPHRINE AND SEROTONIN.
MOREOVER TREATING THESE CONDITIONS WITH
MEDICINES WHICH BRING BACK THESE NEUROTRANMITTERS IN BALANCE HELP IN IMPROVING
THE CONDITIONS ALSO INDICATE THE CO-RELATION.
TREATMENT
PSYCHOLOGICAL
COUNSELLING AND BEHAVIOUR
MODIFICATIONS
COUNSELLING IS FOUND TO BE VERY HELPFUL IN
RESOLVING PHOBIAS.
COUNSELLING TARGETS PERSONS PERTICULAR FAULTY BEJHAVIOUR,
TRIES TO FIND OUT FAULTY OR IRRATION THOUGHT, IDEA OR ATTITUDE BEHIND IT. IT
MOTIVATES THE PERSON TO UNDERSTAND HIS/HER OWN THINKING AND MAKE APPROPRIATE
MODIFICATIONS IN IT. THIS LEADS TO BETTER POSITIVE RATIONAL THOUGHTS AND MORE
RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR OUTPUT.
FOR COUNSELLING TO ACT STRONG COMPLAINCE
MOTIVATION AND PATIENCE IS NEEDED.
BIOLOGICAL / MEDICINES
AS STATED EARLIER IN THIS TOPIC , THERE IS
STRONG BIOLOGICAL BASE TO THIS CONDITION . TO OVERCOME THIS NEUROTRANMITTER
IMBALANCE MEDICINES ARE VERY HELPFUL.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY AT ALL THAT THE PERSON
WILL NEED MEDICINES THROUGHOUT HIS/HER LIFE. THESE MEDICINES ARE HELP TO
OVERCOME THE DEFICIT.
USUALLY THERE IS A PRESCRIBED COURSE OF THESE MEDICINES,
WHICH MAY VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON, DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION AND RESPONSE
TO TREATMENT.
MEDICINES FOR THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT
ADDICTITION FORMING IN NATURE.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DOCTOR CAN STOP
THE MEDICINES AFTER A PERTICULAR COURSE OF TIME.
THE PERSON USUALLY DOES NOT NEED TO TAKE
MEDINES LIFELONG.
THESE ARE MYTHS WHICH
AVOID THE PERSON FROM TAKING PROFESSIONAL HELP.
CONCLUSION – GRAPHO-PHOBIA IS A CONDITION WHICH CAN BE TREATED FULLY, THE
PERSON CAN DEVELOP HIS/HER NORMAL POTENTIAL AND ABILITIES. THIS CONDITION
NEEDES TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND TREATED PROPERLY.
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Dr. Nishikant Vibhute
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