CHRONOPHOBIA (FEAR OF TIME) | Graphite and charcoal pencils on paper | 2022

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"Chronophobia"

Graphite and charcoal Pencil on paper

2022

Meaning

Chronophobia is a Greek word coming from “chronos” meaning time, and “phobos” meaning fear.

 It is based on chronoperception, the process where time is perceived by the central nervous system. 

Chronophobia is described as “an experience of unease and anxiety about time, a feeling that events are moving too fast and are thus hard to make sense of review he reveals it can be caused by a traumatic experience in one's childhood, genetics, incarceration, or old age. 

Symptoms

The three main symptoms of chronophobia, and most phobias, are panic, anxiety, and claustrophobia. In some more serious cases, individuals can experience shaking, shortness of breath, excessive sweating, and irregular heartbeats. In the most serious cases individuals can exhibit symptoms of sickening states of mind, inability to articulate words, tunnel vision, and overwhelmingly haunting thoughts

Treatment 

suggestions are that while no treatment has effectively cured chronophobia, certain methods may ease the individual's mind. One of these treatments is hypnotherapy. It is a method that has been considered simple and effective by the American Medical Association since 1958. It involves using hypnosis to open the subconscious mind and change the behavioral patterns of the individual with the phobia.

 another treatment is one that involves Neuro-Linguistic Programming. This method involves the use of psychotherapy to discover how people can create their own reality.