Yu kin fred pusi bad bad wan bak? Mek wi lan bɔt Ailurophobia!

Yu dɔn ɛva fil bad bad fred we yu si pusi, ɔ jɔs tink bɔt wan? Sɔntɛm yu nɔ de go na padi dɛn os wit pusi, ɔ yu avɔyd pipul dɛn we de tɔk bɔt pusi. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, dis frayd kin so bad dat dɛn nɔ kin ivin kɔmɔt na os bikɔs dɛn de fred fɔ si pusi if dɛn go na do. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis ɔnusual frayd, we dɛn kɔl Ailurophobia.

Wetin na Ailurophobia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Ailurophobia na fɔ fred pasmak, nɔrmal, ɛn nɔr gɛt rizin fɔ fred pusi. I go pas wan jenɛral nɔ lɛk pusi. Pɔsin wae gɛt dis frayd frayd kin gɛt bɔrku wɔri ɔr frayd wae i de si ɔr de tink bɔt pusi.

Imajin, yu padi gɛt wan fayn pusi na os. Bɔt bikɔs yu gɛt dis fred, yu nɔ de go si da padi de. Ɔ we pɔsin na wokples de tɔk bɔt dɛn pusi, yu nɔ kin fil fayn, ɛn yu kin avɔyd dɛn. If tin bad pas ɔl, sɔm pipul dɛn kin ivin avɔyd fɔ kɔmɔt na os bikɔs dɛn de fred se dɛn go si pusi sɔnsay if dɛn go na do.

Di wɔd "ailurophobia" kɔmɔt frɔm di Grik langwej. ‘Ailuros’ min ‘kat’ insay Grik. ‘Fɔbia’ min ‘frayd’. So yu ɔndastand?

Wetin bak yu go se to dis?

Ailurophobia gɛt sɔm ɔda mɛrɛsin nem dɛm, bɔt dɛn ɔl na di sem kɔndishɔn. Dɛn nem ya na:

• `(Aelurophobia)`
• `(Elurophobia)`
• `(Felinophobia)` (Insay Latin, ‘felinus’ min bak we gɛt fɔ du wit pusi)
• `(Galeophobia)`
• `(Gatophobia)`

Wetin na fɔ fred pɔsin?

Naw yu go mɔs de tink se, "Okay, a de fred pusi. Bɔt wetin rili bi dis 'phobia'?"

Fɔbia na rili wan sik wae de mek pɔrsin wɔri, wae min se na wan kayn maynd wae gɛt fɔ du wit wɔri hat. Di men tin wae de sho se pɔrsin kin frayd pasmak ɛn nɔr kin frayd fɔ sɔmtin wae pas aw pɔrsin kin frayd ɛn nɔr kin rili kɔz bɔrku harm.

Ailurophobia na `spɛsifi k phobia disɔda bak.` Dat min se na fɔ fred pasmak fɔ wan patikyula tin (insay dis kes, pusi).

Aw kɔmɔn tin na ailurophobia?

Fɔ fred animal, lɛk fɔ fred fɔ ayt, na wan tin we kin rili kɔmɔn fɔ fred. Akɔdin to sɔv (especially American data), lɛk 9% pan di big pipul dɛm ɛn lɛk 20% pan di titi dɛm kin sɔfa wit wan ``spɛsifi k phobia disorder'' sɔm tɛm na dɛn layf. Dɛn kin si bak se dɛn kayn tin ya kin apin tu tɛm pan uman dɛn pas man dɛn.

Wetin rili pɔsin we gɛt ailurophobia kin fred?

Pɔsin wae gɛt dis frayd kin frayd fɔ difrɛn tin dɛm wae gɛt fɔ du wit pusi. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• A de fred se pusi go jomp pan mi, bit mi, ɔ skrach mi.
• Fɔ fred fɔ mit pusi na pɔblik ɔ prayvet ples, lɛk na strit ɔ na yu padi in os.
• Fɔ fred fɔ si ɔ tɔch pusi in fut. Sɔm pipul kin fil nɔr kin fil fayn ɔr kin frayd ivin we dɛn si pusi fut.
• Bikɔs ɔf sɔm lay lay biliv dɛn, pipul dɛn kin fred se pusi go spɛl ɔ spɛl bad (dis na sɔntin bak we dɛn kin si na sɔm pan wi ol stori dɛn).
• A kin fred fɔ si pusi pikchɔ dɛn na buk, magazin, ɛn na di Intanɛt.
• We a si pusi na TV ɔ na fim, ɔ we a yɛri dɛn sawnd (meowing, purring), a kin fred.

Udat de pan denja fɔ gɛt ailurophobia?

If yu gɛt wan ɔr mɔr pan dɛn kayn tin ya, yu kin gɛt ailurophobia ɔr ɔda ``spɛsifi k phobia disorder``:

• If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda tin we de mek yu fred (e.g. fɔ fred fɔ ayt, fɔ fred fɔ snek) .
• If yu gɛt wan sik we de mek yu wɔri.
• If yu gɛt `Panic disorder` (wan tin we kin apin wantɛm wantɛm we yu kin fred bad bad wan).
• If yu gɛt `sɔbstans yus disɔda` (prɔblɛm we gɛt fɔ du wit drɔg ɔ rɔm yus).

Us ɔda kayn frayd frayd sik wae gɛt fɔ du wit ailurophobia?

Ɔda kayn frayd frayd de wae gɛt fɔ du wit di frayd fɔ pusi. Dis min se dɛn frayd ya kin gɛt fɔ du wit dɛnsɛf.

• `Agrizoophobia` : Dat min se, di fred fɔ wayl animal dɛn.
• `Zoophobia` : Dis min se di frayd fɔ animal dɛn in jɛnɛral.

Wetin na di tin dɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin nɔr gɛt ailurophobia?

Pan ɔl we i nɔ kin izi fɔ tɔk klia wan wetin kin mek i apin, bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt ailurophobia:

• Di bad bad tin dɛn we bin apin trade: Imajin se we yu bin smɔl, wan pusi bin skrach yu, ɛn yu bin rili fil bad ɛn fred. Ɔ yu si pusi atak ɔda pɔsin. Dis frayd kin kam bikɔs ɔf tin lɛk dat.
• Negatif stori bɔt pusi: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin si pusi as wikɛd ɛn bad bad tin dɛn. Trade, insay Yuropian witchcraft stori dɛn, dɛn bin de kɔl dɛn kayn pusi dɛn de wit wich ɛn dɛbul we dɛn de jɔj witch dɛn na Salem. Insay wi ol stori ɛn biliv, ples dɛn de bak usay dɛn nɔ kin gladi fɔ pusi so. Ivin afta we sɔm pipul dɛn yɛri dɛn kayn tin ya, dɛn kin gɛt dis fred.
• Famili histri: If sɔmbɔdi na yu famili, mɔ yu mama ɛn papa, gɛt wan sik we de mek yu fred ɔr de wɔri, yu kin gɛt ailurophobia bak.
• Mɔdal: Yu kin gɛt di sem fred afta yu si ɔda pɔsin, sɔntɛm yu mama ɔ papa ɔ yu fambul we de nia yu, yu kin fred pusi bad bad wan, ɛn yɛri dɛn de tɔk bɔt am. If pɔsin na di famili dɔn de fred pusi frɔm we i smɔl, dis kin afɛkt di pikin bak.

Wetin na di tin dɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin nɔr gɛt ailurophobia?

Ɛnitin we gɛt fɔ du wit pusi kin mek pɔsin fred dis. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• I nɔ bad if yu si pusi na pɔblik ples, lɛk na strit, ɔ if yu tink se yu go si wan.
• If yu si pusi na pɔsin in os.
• If yu si pusi na TV, na fim, ɔ na buk.
• Dis frayd kin mɔna ivin we yu de tink bɔt pusi.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ ailurophobia?

Dɛn sayn ya kin nɔr kin tranga fɔ sɔm pipul dɛm ɛn kin rili bad fɔ ɔda pipul dɛm. Di men sayn na fɔ wɔri pasmak we yu de tink bɔt ɔ si pusi.

Dɛn kin sheb dɛn sayn ya to tu men kategori:

Di sayn dɛm wae de kam pan pɔrsin in maynd/imɔshɔnal:

• Ɔltɛm yu de wɔnda aw fɔ avɔyd di pusi.
• Fɔ fil bad bad wan ɛn nɔ kin fil fayn we yu yɛri di sawnd dɛm we pusi dɛn de mek (we de mɛw, purring, purring).
• Fɔ fred fɔ go ples dɛn we yu tink se yu go si pusi.

Di sayn dɛn we pɔsin kin si na in bɔdi:

We dis frayd de kam, di bɔdi kin ansa sɔm we dɛn bak.

• Fɔ fil se yu gɛt diziz.
• Dayarɛa na stɔl we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk.
• Fɔ swet pasmak (Hyperhidrosis) .
• Nɔs ɔ vɔmit .
• Panik atak na tin we kin rili mek pɔsin fred. Dɛn tin ya na fɔ fred wantɛm wantɛm, we pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, i kin prɛs in chɛst kwik kwik wan, ɛn i kin fil se i dɔn day.
• Di brith de kam fast fast, di at de bit de go ɔp.
• Fɔ fil bad bad wan ɛn wɔri.
• Mɔsul dɛn we de tɛns, we de shek shek ɔ shek .

Aw dɛn kin no bɔt ailurophobia?

If yu frayd fɔ pusi de afɛkt yu ɛvride layf, woke, ɔr rileshɔnship, yu famili dɔktɔ kin sɛn yu to saykayatrist ɔr sayɛnsman. Saikɔlɔjis go aks yu bɔt yu simptom dɛm ɛn aw yu frayd de afɛkt yu layf, ɛn i go no if dis kɔndishɔn na ``spɛsifi k fɔbik disɔda''.

In jɛnɛral, dɛn tin ya kin ɛp yu fɔ no if yu gɛt ``spɛsifi k fɔbik disɔda'', dat na ailurophobia:

• Dis frayd kin kam we yu tink bɔt ɔ si pusi.
• Dis frayd kin mek yu avɔyd sɔm kayn tin (e.g., nɔr go na do, nɔr go na padi dɛn os).
• If yu si pusi, yu de riak wantɛm wantɛm, lɛk se yu de rɔnawe pan am.
• Dis frayd de mek yu mis soshal ivent ɛn mitin.
• Dis dɔn bi sɔntin we de ambɔg wi fɔ liv gladi ɛn nɔmal layf.
• di frayd εn wɔri we de kam bכku pas di aktual denja we di pusi kin bi (i.e., lεk fכ fred fכ day we yu si pusi).
• Dis tin dɔn kɔntinyu fɔ at le siks mɔnt.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ ailurophobia?

Di gud nyus na dat, ailurophobia na wan sik wae dɛn kin trit.

`Eksposhכn tεrapi`: Wan pan di men εn mכst saksesful tritmεnt fכ dis na `(Exposure therapy)`. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ɔnda di sɔpɔtishɔn fɔ wan sayɛnsman, insay wan kɔntrol, sef ɛnvayrɔmɛnt, yu de smɔl smɔl ɛn sistamatically ɛkspos to di tin we de mek yu fred (i.e. pusi). Dis kin gɛt rili gud tin dɛn fɔ du. Na lɛk nayn pan tɛn pipul dɛm wae gɛt sɔm kayn frayd frayd sik kin wɛl frɔm dis tritmɛnt.

Insay ``Exposure therapy``, dis na wetin kin apin:

• Fɔs, dɛn go tich yu aw fɔ blo ɛn aw fɔ rilaks . Dɛn kin yuse dɛn tin ya bifo ɛn di tɛm we yu de fred.
• Dɔn dɛn kin mek dɛn luk pikchɔ ɔ fim dɛn bɔt pusi .
• Neks, dɛn kin praktis fɔ ol wan tɔylɛt pusi ɛn de wit am .
• Smɔl smɔl go nia pusi we de na kech ɛn mek i luk am .
• Fɔ dɔn, wit di ɛp we pɔsin we de mɛn pipul dɛn, famili mɛmba, ɔ padi we dɛn kin abop pan kin ɛp am, dis tritmɛnt kin go bifo te dɛn kin ol rial pusi (sɔntɛm na fayn kiŋ pikin fɔs) ɛn pet am .

Us ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn de we pɔsin kin gɛt?

Apat frɔm `(Exposure therapy)`, ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn de:

• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): CBT na tritmɛnt bak we rili fayn. I de ɛp yu fɔ chenj di we aw yu de luk tin (kat), tink bɔt dɛn (kɔgnishɔn), ɛn ansa to dɛn (bihayvya). Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin yuz CBT togɛda wit ɛksplɔshɔn tɛrapi.
• Hipnotherapy: Dis involv fɔ tɔk to yu sabkɔshɔs maynd tru hipnosis fɔ chenj yu abit to pusi ɛn ridyus yu frayd. Sɔmtɛm dɛn kin yuse am bak fɔ fɛn di ɔndalayn kɔz fɔ dis frayd.
• Mɛrɛsin: Sɔntɛnde, mɔ if yu gɛt siriɔs sik dɛn na yu bɔdi lɛk panik atak, dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk beta blɔk (we kin kɔntrol tin lɛk at rit ɛn tret) ɔ mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ wɔri. Bɔt dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya fɔ shɔt tɛm rilif nɔmɔ pan spɛshal tin dɛn we yu kin mit pusi, ɔ as adjɔnt to tritmɛnt. Dɛn fɔ tek dɛn mɛrɛsin ya ɔnda dɔktɔ in sɔpɔtishɔn nɔmɔ.
• Yoga ɛn meditashɔn: If yu praktis yoga ɛn meditashɔn ɛvride, dat kin ɛp yu fɔ mek yu bɔdi ɛn maynd kol ɛn nɔ strɛs. Meditashɔn kin ɛp yu bak fɔ kɔntrol tin dɛn lɛk panik atak bay we yu de pe atɛnshɔn pan aw yu de blo.

Us kɔmplikɛshɔn kin apin bikɔs ɔf ailurophobia?

If dis frayd fɔ pusi kin rili bad, i kin gɛt big impak pan yu kwaliti layf.

• Yu nɔ go go na yu padi dɛn os, yu nɔ go go na do.
• We yu tink bɔt fɔ mit pusi we yu kɔmɔt na os, dat kin mek yu wɔri bɔku, ɛn yu kin ivin stɔp fɔ go na do ɛn spɛn tɛm wit ɔda pipul dɛn ɔltogɛda.
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt siriɔs panik atak. Dɛn tin ya kin mek yu chɛst pen ɛn mek yu at bit kwik kwik wan.
• Fɔ fred ɔltɛm fɔ panik atak kin mek yu gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl panik disɔda, we kin nid fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ lɔng tɛm fɔ mek yu nɔ wɔri.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya, yu go mɔs go to dɔktɔ:

• If `panik atak` kam.
• If yu de wɔri ɛn fred ɔltɛm wae de ambɔg yu ɛvride woke ɛn slip.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

We yu go to yu dɔktɔ, yu kin aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Aw lɔng a go gɛt fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt?
• Wetin bin fɔ dɔn mek a gɛt dis kayn fred?
• Wetin na di tritmɛnt we fayn ɛn we go wok fayn fɔ mi?

Fɔ fred lɛk ailurophobia kin ambɔg yu ɛnjɔymɛnt fɔ layf ɛn yu nɔrmal ɛgzistens. Yu kin stɔp fɔ wach TV, fim, spɛn smɔl tɛm wit yu padi ɛn fambul dɛn, ɛn ivin de na os. Bɔt mɛmba se dɔktɔ ɛn sayɛnsman dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt pɔsin in maynd kin ɛp yu fɔ mek yu nɔ fred pusi ɛn kɔntrol yu. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt tritmɛnt lɛk `(Exposure therapy)`, `(CBT)`, `(Hypnotherapy)`. Dɛn tritmɛnt ya kin ɛp yu fɔ fil kol ɛn gɛt kɔnfidɛns ivin we yu de nia pusi.

So, wetin na di tin dɛn we wi nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

• Ailurophobia, we na di kayn we aw pusi kin fred pasmak, na rial tin we dɛn kin no bɔt in maynd. Nɔto yu fɔlt, ɛn nɔto sɔntin we yu du bay wilful.
• If dis frayd de ambɔg yu ɛvride layf, gladi at, ɛn woke, nɔr sɔfa yu wan.
• Tritmɛnt dɛn de we rili fayn fɔ dis. Tεrapi mεtכd dεm lεk ``Exposure therapy`` εn ``CBT`` kin εp fכ pul dis frayd kכlכsכl.
• Nɔr frayd fɔ aks fɔ advays frɔm di rayt pɔrsin, dat na, saykayatrist ɔr sayɛnsman.
• Fɔ aks fɔ ɛp nɔto sayn fɔ wikɛd, na sayn fɔ se yu bisin bɔt yusɛf ɛn lɛk yusɛf. Yu gɛt rayt fɔ mɛn!

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