By Jerry L. Fobik
 From the time we are children, getting dirty is something that is almost a pass time. Our parents try to keep us and our clothes hygienic in vain, because after washing our hands numerous times, we gather ourselves and go right away back to our mud piles. As we grow older, the obsession for playing with dirt is often left behind and we live our lives with a renewed sense of cleanliness. For some people, however, a germ phobia prevents normal life from occurring. This germ phobia is also called mysophobia and can be directly linked with a fear of filth.
This mysophobia is not just being fearful of microbes it's a lot more. The fear of microbes is the fear of any substance that may contain microbes or infect the person in some way with a contamination. The person with a mysophobia can often be noticed washing their hands over and over again, in order to remove any microbes they have come into contact with.
When the mysophobia was first noticed, it was falsely linked with the Obsessive |
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By Gloria Arenson
 Many people work with me to overcome the after effects of traumas like rape, auto accidents, childhood abuse, war experiences, etc. These terrifying, often life threatening events leave them with what is called Post Traumatic Stress. They can't stop reliving what happened, often have nightmares, and develop other fears.
I also see people who suffer from another kind of trauma, and they don't even know it. They usually come in to seek treatment for something else and discover that unhealed emotional wounds from a past disturbance are contributing to their current problem. These traumas result from commonplace experiences that also happen to others who seem untouched by them.
The kind of upsets I am thinking of are: diagnosis trauma, medical or dental procedures, having your best friend move away when you are growing up, moving away from your friends in childhood, and being embarrassed or criticized in front of a group or a class in school. You may have tried to share your upset with your family or friends only to hear, "Just get over it!" You suppress your feelings, but the |
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