Symptoms
A feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
What is nausea?
A cause of spectrophobia relating to a family history of mood disorders and phobias.
What are genetics and heredity?
Gradually exposing someone to mirrors.
What is exposure therapy?
These people are more likely to develop spectrophobia due to self image issues.
Who are people with low self-esteem?
An intense anxiety or fear relating to one specific thing that spectrophobia is an example of.
What is a specific phobia?
The feeling of being cold that can cause shivering and shaking.
What are chills?
A life experience that can lead to developing the fear of mirrors.
What is emotional trauma?
Using logic and reasoning to help deal with and explore the feeling induced by being around mirrors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Young people who are transitioning from childhood to adulthood, in whom spectrophobia is more prevalent.
Who are adolescents?
Many cultures believe that these get trapped in mirrors, which can be a reason someone develops spectrophobia.
What are the souls of the dead?
A sudden episode of intense fear and anxiety that takes over your mind.
What are panic attacks?
A cause of spectrophobia relating to self esteem.
What are self image issues?
Guided relaxation techniques and focused attention to help change your beliefs, thoughts, and perceptions of mirrors.
What is hypnotherapy?
These people are more likely to develop spectrophobia due to their existing mental health problems.
Who are people with eating disorders?
The fear of ugliness that is often also present in people with spectrophobia.
What is Cacophobia?
This includes removing mirrors from your home, not buying products that include mirrors, avoiding cars due to the safety mirrors, and other negative behaviors.
What is avoiding mirrors?
Believing something supernatural about or involving mirrors that can be a cause of spectrophobia.
What are mirror related superstitions?
Not the most common treatment, but examples include anti-anxiety and antidepressants.
What is medication?
A Canadian-American actress and model who suffers from spectrophobia.
Who is Pamela Anderson?
Two other names for spectrophobia.
What are eisoptrophobia and catoptrophobia?