What Is Anthophobia?
Anthophobia (from Greek roots anthos, flower, and phobos, fear) is an abnormal, irrational, intense and persistent fear of flowers. Though sufferers generally understand that they face no threat from flowers, they invariably experience anxiety at the sight or thought. There is no specific flower which causes this fear, any genus or species of flowers can instill fear. So can any flower part, such as a petal or stem.


Anthophobia

Anthophobia is not to be confused with anthrophobia, the fear of people.

Causes Of Anthophobia
Anthophobia is usually caused by traumatic experience in the past that is linked emotionally to flowers. Many of the times, anthophobia is not caused by an actual event but triggered by harmless events at very young age, like movies, TV, or perhaps seeing someone else experiencing trauma.

When the negative association is strong enough, the sufferer mind defies thinking rationally and trapped in the helpless condition. Some will experience the fear all the time, but most actually respond only to direct encounter with flowers or flower parts.

Symptoms Of Anthophobia
Common symptoms of anthophobia are breathlessness, dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack, although different people experiencing anthophobia in their own way and may have different symptoms as such.

Treatment For Anthophobia
Anthophobia usually does not require diagnosis, since most people can avoid situations where they will encounter flowers. However, if the problem actually become prohibitive, anthophobiacs can visit practitioners for hypnosis therapy. Anti-anxiety drugs can also be prescribed in some situations.

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