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Panophobia, also called Panophobia or Omni phobia, refers to the constant fear of every object, person, event, or anything in existence. The word is originated from Greek, divided into two words, namely, panto (meaning-all) and Phobos (meaning-fear). The person suffering from this disorder feels scared of tangible and intangible objects as well. The mind is continuously bombarded by a constant fear of facing unseen catastrophic events. This type of phobia is considered self-inflicting and self-torturing as opposed to other phobias.

The patient who has Panophobia falls victim to victim constant depressive episodes and anxiety due to persistent fears and whims circulating in their thoughts. This phobia badly hinders the growth and potential of the patient. This person distances him/herself from people around him/her and prefers isolation over socializing with people. Besides this, the symptoms and consequences of the person exponentially increase with time and age. It reaches a point where the efforts of overcoming it become futile attempts.

The earlier the symptoms are spotted, the easier the disastrous effect of Panophobia. Once the symptoms and complications are identified, it must be dealt with by a professional psychologist. The person could suffer more if timely consultation and identification of the phobia were dismissed for a longer period. 

Causes of Panophobia:

Going through childhood trauma:

The causes of Panophobia vary from person to person. Some people have experienced a traumatic incident in their childhood. That traumatic incident causes complications in the form of fear in their mind. Some people have been abandoned or neglected by guardians in their childhood. This causes a constant fear of vulnerability to incidents and events of a mishap. 

Panophobia Transmission by genes:

Some people get the consecutive pattern of fearful thoughts in their genes from their parents or grandparents. Some families are easily prone to fears and whims of uncertainties and vulnerabilities. For this reason, the offspring get their due share of those whims and fears in their genes from parents, which later on, resultantly causes Panophobia. 

Parents’ fears being copied by children:

Some children adopt fears and phobias from their parents. The parents show that consecutive thought pattern of fears in front of their offspring, which later on, is adopted by their children. Thus, children develop Panophobia.

Research-based findings of Panophobia in terms of age and gender:

According to research findings of fearof.net, about 66% of females have Panophobia. Whereas, the males are respectively lower in the figure where 34% of males have Panophobia. Likewise, teenagers constitute a major percentage of patients regarding Panophobia. And the age group ranging from 18 to 34 is placed right after teenagers in the list Panophobia patients. 

Symptoms of Panophobia:

Unexplainable fears:

The patient tends to face difficulty in explaining the originating cause of their fears or consecutive patterns of fears to others. Those recurring phases of fears and vulnerabilities get too messy to be explained to a psychologist or a near relation. 

Social distancing and becoming a victim of isolation:

A patient of Panophobia distances him/herself from people in his/her surrounding areas. The affected person prefers complete isolation and seclusion. He/she avoids mingling with people. Likewise, the person cannot face crowded places, where he/she is exposed to social activities. 

The constant fear of non-existent events:

The person who has Panophobia constantly fears non-existent events in his/her mind. Sometimes, their fear of objects and everything around him/herself can cause screams and cries in the form of severe depression.

A state of hypervigilance:

The person affected by Panophobia usually tries to avoid people as much as he/she can. Sometimes The matter of avoiding people reaches an extreme level, where the person would even face difficulties in adjusting him/herself in jobs. During this state, the person produces the maximum amount of adrenaline. The state of increasing the production of adrenaline in the person’s body is a state of hypervigilance. 

Low self-esteem and lower internal locus of control:

The person who has Panophobia is subjected to severe self-esteem issues. The internal locus of control diminishes with each day. The person attempts to get escape from the phenomenon of facing fear and insecurities constantly. 

Extreme feelings of guilt:

The person faces an enormous amount of guilt with him/herself. Even though guilt is a normal emotion felt by every person, the person affected by Panophobia feels huge amounts of guilt for every action. 

Constant dizziness and fatigue:

The person experiences a high level of fatigue without performing any physical activity. The lethargy to perform tasks and chores makes him/her quite low while performing them. Thus, a state of dizziness and body aches are felt by the person who has Panophobia. 

How to treat Panophobia?

Desensitization:

This method of treating Panophobia is meant to allow the patient to confront the objects, events, and people that they constantly fear. The method tries to desensitize the person toward that constant fear of mishap in life. A gradual pattern to expose the patient to their feared objects and events is planned. The patient is then desensitized toward the constant and recurring phobias that arise from the imagined evils in his/her mind. The therapy method of desensitization has proved to be quite helpful in treating Panophobia. 

Cognitive-behavioral therapy:

This kind of treatment tries to study the recurring absurd and irrational beliefs by a psychologist or therapist in depth. The person then evaluates the origin of their one-sided and inaccurate beliefs. And then, the constant fears and vulnerabilities slowly disappear. Eventually, the patient is convinced through in-depth analysis and studies that their fears are irrelevant. The patient can fear those beliefs no longer. 

Mindfulness:

This method of treatment tries to convince the patient to be thoughtful of present moments. And the patient goes through several therapy sessions to forego the uncertainties and fears of the future. Likewise, the therapist tries to build stamina and temperament of not giving control to their fears and phobias in his/her mind. The therapy sessions turn out to be quite helpful in healing the patient of Panophobia in the initial stage. This technique might not be helpful if the patient had severe Panophobia. 

Medication:

When the conditions of the patient reach a severe point, then proper medication is considered. Doctors try to prescribe medicines that can help in controlling the rush of adrenaline in the patient. The medication is considered a last resort to the severe condition of the person. 

 Concluding the discussion above, the attitude of the patient must contribute to curing Panophobia. Elsewhere, none of the treatments would prove helpful in healing the affected person. Therefore, the timely dose of treatment must be made sure to be provided to the patient. If symptoms of Panophobia linger, it might aggravate the patient’s condition woefully. And the severe condition might reach a point where the doctors have no choice other than to recommend medication. 

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