When it comes to anxiety disorders, such as monophobia, the effects that the disorder can have on a person’s everyday life are crippling. What starts out as an eccentric trait can quickly progress to a serious condition that affects almost every aspect of a person’s life. In the case of monophobia, the fear of being alone, this can result in lonely behaviors, panic attacks, and cause a person’s social, emotional, and mental well-being to crumble around them.
When you see stories in the news or on television about these disorders, it is always the latest treatments or expensive programs that guarantee success. Of course, these come at a substantial monetary cost and can often involve flying to the other side of the world. Worst of all, hardly any of these programs guarantee that they will cure your anxiety. Few even guarantee that their symptoms will improve.
What these programs don’t tell you is that many of the most powerful methods available to control your anxiety and its symptoms are within you. With some work and patience, it is very possible to control and reduce your symptoms significantly using proven methods such as deep cyclic breathing, desensitization, and meditation. While professional assistance may 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 help.
The key to this is finding the root of your anxiety or monophobia problem. Most phobias are based on a traumatic life experience. Most of the time, this is an event that occurred during your childhood. Common 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 start working to reduce your symptoms.
For many monophobia patients, the best results come from exposure therapy. This is a method of therapy that involves exposing yourself to your anxiety triggers and then staying 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 difficult to bear, ask them to come back. Every time you repeat this, try to add a few minutes to your time. This provides an easy way to track your progress. Before you know it, you will be able to go long periods without anxiety. Over time, the problem can even be solved permanently.