About:
Musophobia is the irrational fear of mice and other similar rodents like rats. The origin of the word is both Greek and Latin. 'Mus' means mice in Latin and 'phobos', means to dread or to fear in Greek.
Someone who has a fear of mice feels extreme anxiety around mice and other rodents, even just the thought of being around rodents can make them feel overwhelmed and stressed.
Someone who has a fear of mice feels extreme anxiety around mice and other rodents, even just the thought of being around rodents can make them feel overwhelmed and stressed.
Interesting Fact:
Musophobia is also known as Suriphobia and Murophobia. Dr. Genna Crosser, who was the first to diagnose this phobia actually developed a fear of mice herself!
Causes:
Musophobia is often learned behavior from parents, other family, friends and the media. Especially if a parent was afraid of rodents that fear can be easily transferred to a child. There have been many horror films that have villainized rodents as scary and evil creatures. Many people also find their hairless tails revolting.
Mice and rats throughout history have been associated with disease and death, especially with the infamous black plague which killed a third of the world's population at one time. Rats and mice carry fleas that can also harm humans and their pets. The fear of rodents has been passed down for generations since ancient times.
This is also because mice and rats tend to live in places considered dirty in urban environments like sewers and garbage dumps. People are afraid of mice and rats picking up germs and bringing them into their living environments and contaminating their food. People with Musophobia can frequently have other phobias like Mysophobia, the fear of germs.
Someone could also develop Musophobia from a traumatic experience in childhood with a rat or mouse. Being suddenly startled by one by finding it in an unexpected place or being bitten by one are the sort of things that can create triggers for a rodent phobia.
Mice and rats throughout history have been associated with disease and death, especially with the infamous black plague which killed a third of the world's population at one time. Rats and mice carry fleas that can also harm humans and their pets. The fear of rodents has been passed down for generations since ancient times.
This is also because mice and rats tend to live in places considered dirty in urban environments like sewers and garbage dumps. People are afraid of mice and rats picking up germs and bringing them into their living environments and contaminating their food. People with Musophobia can frequently have other phobias like Mysophobia, the fear of germs.
Someone could also develop Musophobia from a traumatic experience in childhood with a rat or mouse. Being suddenly startled by one by finding it in an unexpected place or being bitten by one are the sort of things that can create triggers for a rodent phobia.
Symptoms:
Shrieking in terror upon the sight of a mouse is a sure sign of Musophobia! When faced with a rodent someone with Musophobia will start acting extremely anxious and most likely run in terror or even instantly faint with fear! Some people might feel nauseous because of their body tensing from extreme stress.
Symptoms can include:
Symptoms can include:
- Anxiety
- Fainting
- Hysteria
- Trembling and/or Sweating
- Increased heart rate
- Dizziness
- Hot or cold flashes
- Chest pains
- Nausea or other gastrointestinal distress
- Feeling of choking
Why You Should Get Treated:
Having any fear that you are not in control of is never going to be healthy. Rodents also can unexpectedly show up in random places, especially on TV and film screens! Many people have mice, rats, hamsters and other rodents as pets. You might come across them unexpectedly and have an embarrassing panic attack. Or you might avoid visiting friends and family's homes that keep pet rodents. Your fear of rodents might also prevent where you travel too. You might miss on some amazing holiday destinations if you feel worried about running into too many rodent like animals.
Why See The Phobia Guru For Treatment:
I am often able to help people break free of their phobia in just one session with the scientifically proven power of hypnotherapy, combined with NLP and an immersive therapy option. My therapy skillfully combines these techniques uniquely to create the most powerful, effective and quickest way to beat a phobia. You will be in the hands of a trained phobia expert who will help you transform your mind and liberate yourself from even the most extreme fears.
Hypnotherapy is so effective with phobias because it tackles the underlying trigger of the phobia within the subconscious. Once a person has access to their subconscious they can eliminate their conditioned response to the stimulus. So instead of treating just the symptoms, hypnotherapy can heal the source for a lasting result. The best part about hypnotherapy and phobias is that often it only takes one session to completely get over the phobia so you do not have to spend a lot of money on continual treatment. The NHS also promotes hypnotherapy as an effective treatment for phobias.
Hypnotherapy is so effective with phobias because it tackles the underlying trigger of the phobia within the subconscious. Once a person has access to their subconscious they can eliminate their conditioned response to the stimulus. So instead of treating just the symptoms, hypnotherapy can heal the source for a lasting result. The best part about hypnotherapy and phobias is that often it only takes one session to completely get over the phobia so you do not have to spend a lot of money on continual treatment. The NHS also promotes hypnotherapy as an effective treatment for phobias.