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Eisoptrophobia:

"Eisoptrophobia" is derived from the Greek "eis" (into) and "optikos" (vision, image, sight). Even though the sufferers know their fear is irrational, they experience excessive anxiety when they look into the mirror. This is because their fear is based on superstitions like breaking a mirror will bring them bad luck or looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the mirror. (https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12252)

Causes and Symptoms

Phobias arise from a combination of external events, like traumatic events, and internal predispositions, like heredity or genetics. Many specific phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. The symptoms differ from each person depending on their level of fear. Typically, the symptoms include extreme anxiety, dread and anything associated with panic such as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, inability to articulate words or sentences, dry mouth and shaking. (http://common-phobias.com/Eisoptro/phobia.htm)

Treatment

Like other phobias, the ideal treatment for eisoptrophobia is cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT). (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321006/) CBT is a form of psychotherapy that treats problems and boosts happiness by modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts. CBT focuses more on solution rather than causes of the conflict by encouraging patients to challenge distorted cognitions and change the destructive nature of the behavior. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/cognitive-behavioral-therapy) However, psychotherapy may be unsuccessful in reaching a remarkable therapeutic effect. Although, the effectiveness of medication in specific phobias are very limited, it may be an alternative. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321006/) Drugs are not a cure, but they can be very effective in short term. Anxiety medication will only provide temporary relief, it will not treat the underlying cause. Once the users stop using the drug, the symptoms will come back in full force. However, many anxiety medications are addictive, which makes it difficult for the users to stop it once they started. Three types of commonly used medication in treatment of eisoptrophobia are beta blockers, antidepressants, and benzodiazepines. (http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/eisoptrophobia/medication-and-drugs/)

Beta blockers are used for relieving performance anxiety. These drugs work by blocking the flow of adrenaline that arise when you are anxious. They can control physical symptoms such as shaking hands or voice, rapid heartbeat, and sweating, but they do not affect the emotional symptoms of the anxiety.