Cacophobia. Fear of ugliness. Facts, Symptoms, Causes and Cure

Cacophobia is fear of ugliness or fear of things that seem ugly.

Facts about Cacophobia

The word Cacophobia consist of Caco (Greek word for unpleasant or ugly) and Phobia (Greek word for phobia). It is fear of nasty and ugly looking things. Phobia is a condition of extreme fear to certain condition, object, situation or state. The victim feels an immense urge to avoid that particular state.

Causes of Cacophobia

Generally, a phobia is associated with an intense unpleasant past event which may or may not be remembered by the conscious mind but which actually created a very strong imprint on the unconscious mind.  Hence, whenever something similar or close to that situation occurs, the unconscious mind brings the memory of that severe unpleasant event back causing the subject to be in a phobic condition

Symptoms of Cacophobia

Symptoms may include but not limited to:

• Excessive sweating
• Panic Attack
• Dry Mouth
• Nausea
• Vertigo
• Anxiety
• Feeling Hot or Cold
• Increase in Heart Beat
• Increase in pulse rate
• Feeling Hot or Cold

Treating Cacophobia

Generally, for treating phobias, the alternative medications and therapies have been found more beneficial compared to traditional drugs which may have side effects. These may include Hypnosis and NLP i.e. Neuro-Linguistic Programming.        

Disclaimer

Kindly note that above has been produced just for information. Nothing offered here is intended to diagnose, cure or prevent any disease or disorder of any kind. Please consult a qualified professional for more information.