This blog contains information about Atychiphobia or Fear of Failure. We will discuss the meaning of Atychiphobia and Atychiphobia disorder. Then it discuss the main Causes of Atychiphobia. We also discussed the Symptoms of Atychiphobia. Then we will study the symptoms of Panic attacks of Atychiphobia. It also explains the diagnosis and different treatments of Atychiphobia in detail. At the end, it talks about the prevention of Atychiphobia. We discussed Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention of Atychiphobia in detail.
Meaning of Atychiphobia?
Atychibhobia means the fear of failure. When people have excessive fear of failure in them whether in academic failure, professional failure or failure in personal life. “Atyches” means “unfortunate“. It is a phobia of failures.
Is Atychiphobia a disorder?
Yes, Atychiphobia is an anxiety disorder. It is the extreme fear of failure in the normal life scenarios so it effects are person’s life at a great extent by developing insecurity in them. They cannot do anything with proper concentration because they have a fear of failure even before the occurrence of the failure.
This creates a lot of anxiety in the patient and that very person feels difficult to trust his or her abilities while on the road of achieving something. It is very difficult to be a part of some activity for the people having this phobia.
Phobias lead to stop the persons from any activity in which they have to take a risk to get success or they have to fight for being succeeded. But this is not a right gesture. Because big achievement always comes after the risk.
Patients with Atychiphobia are always insecure about their actions and their efforts to get something. In extreme cases they repel themselves from being a part of any activity in which they have already accepted the failure before time.
Someone with Atychiphobia is scared with new things, taking risks, accepting failures and working hard for success so people with this phobia need counselling and encouragement to built self-confidence in them. This blog contains Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Atychiphobia in detail.
Causes of Atychiphobia:
Following are some main causes of Atychiphobia:
• Experiences with Trauma:
If someone had experienced any stressful and traumatic events in their lives, they can have Atychiphobia because they feel insecure about their abilities and do not trust themselves. They have a fear of losing every time.
• Family History:
If your family history contains mental health disorders such as PTSD, anxiety, depression etc. then the next generation is supposed to have different phobias and even mental disorders. Family history helps to identify the main cause of psychological disorders and so even minor psychological disorders can lead of severe mental conditions.
• Environmental Impacts:
You may have been grown in an environment where you are treated with abusive behavior and people around you have made you feel insecure about yourself, then you are likely to get phobias or specifically Atychiphobia.
• Different Phobias:
If a person have other common phobias and they effect them at a great extent, then they can get additional phobias for example, Atychiphobia. A person with Scolionophobia (fear of School) may also get Atychiphobia very easily.
• Learned Behavior:
Learned behavior means that you have observed and learned from your living environment that failure is unacceptable. This makes a person uneasy and insecure when there is any situation of failure. This can cast a negative impact on the people and lead to Atychiphobia.
These are few make causes of Atychiphobia.
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Symptoms of Atychiphobia:
Following are major symptoms of Atychiphobia:
Irritable or Angry
Scared of performing simple tasks at home or school
Anxious about being judged by other people
Looks at the negative side of life (Pessimistic)
Depressed or sad
Unable to maintain relationships
Unwilling to accept constructive criticism or help
Avoids simple tasks at work
Prone to procrastination if the assigned task is challenging.
These are common symptoms of Atychiphobia.
Symptoms of Atychiphobia Panic Attacks:
Chills
Dizziness
Excessive sweating
Heart palpitation
Nausea
Shortness of Breathe
Trembling and shaking
Upset stomach or indigestion
These symptoms are specifically related to Atychiphobia Panic Attacks.
Diagnosis of Atychiphobia:
Diagnosis of Atychiphobia can be done by taking complete medical history, i.e. Is the person having some other mental disorder such as PTSD and panic disorder or not? or From when the symptoms are becoming extreme? or What is the extent of the symptoms? etc. so health care provider take complete information about the life events, disorders and traumas of your life. And the diagnosis is done by few psychological observations done by the mental health specialist.
Treatment of Atychiphobia:
There are some ways to treat and manage Atychiphobia. These are as follows:
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a form of psychotherapy which helps us to face and manage the fear and anxiety and change your negative thinking into Positive thinking so it provides you opportunities to grow and learn in a more diverse manner and fight the wars of life.
• Exposure Therapy:
In this therapy you are gradually exposed to the things and scenarios you are scared from. This can be hard for sometime, but is the best way to get rid of your insecurities and phobias completely. Because when you fight what you fear, you are succeeded.
• Medication:
Medication is not a first line therapy for phobias. But in rare and extreme conditions, medications for anxiety and depression are to fight with such phobias. Health care providers avoid medication in such phobias.
All these can help to get rid of Atychiphobia.
Prevention of Atychiphobia:
Phobias are not usually preventable, but with certain properties of life can help you prevent such phobias:
• You should have a strong support system among your friends and family
• Don’t consume caffeine, alcohol, drugs and such negative things. They makes you mentally weak.
• Get professional help as soon as possible
• Try to stay active, eat healthy and sleep properly.
By these steps we can prevent all types of phobias in our lives.
We studied about the causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention of Atychiphobia in detail.
Conclusion:
Atychiphobia or Fear of Failure is a disorder in which a person feel extremely panicked and depressed while facing failure. This can cause because of any genetic mental disorder in your family history, or it can be caused by negative environments in which a person grows up. This includes panic attacks because of failures and cause severe symptoms if untreated for a long time. We can treat Atychiphobia by CBT, Psychotherapy, Exposure Therapy and Medication. We can prevent Atychiphobia by good support systems, staying active, getting professional help and having proper sleep.
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