ATYCHIPHOBIA

What is Atychiphobia? Atychiphobia is an irrational fear of failure that will eventually hold back an individual so strongly that they will refuse to do anything that they cannot assure their success on. In  a simple term, atychiphobia is a fear to failure. This type of phobia may give some bad effect to your daily life. For example one's may refuse to try something new because he/she afraid that she will fail in doing that things. This type of people sometimes may not enjoy their life likes other.

There are several factors that may cause this phobia. Some of the causes are; early life causes, like demeaning parents or siblings, or traumatic events where a major embarrassment was the result of some minor failure.  Afterwards, the fear keeps building as the failures and embarrassment add up over childhood.  It doesn't help that our culture seems to imply that perfection can be achieved in looks, relationships, careers, etc.  Perfection is an illusion, but the person with atychiphobia won't try until perfection is assured. 

Do you suffer atychiphobia? What are the symptoms of this phobia? Some of the symptoms includes:

• Extreme mental anxiety
• Digestive Issues
• Headache
• Muscle Tension
• Panic (rapid breathing, dry mouth, sweating, nausea)

One of the treatment for this phobia is self help. You need to help your self. You need to accept that some failure is needed for you to success. You need to face the challenges in your life, never aim for the perfection in the life. Perfection is an illusion. 

 

References:

http://www.way2hope.org/Illnesses/atychiphobia-fear-failure.htm

http://myanxietyattacks.com/anxiety-disorders/phobias-fears/atychiphobia

http://www.allaboutcounseling.com/library/atychiphobia/
http://www.way2hope.org/Illnesses/atychiphobia-fear-failure.htm