Any suggestions on how she can overcome her fear.
2006-08-12 14:27:30 · 10 answers · asked by JP 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
First go somewhere and look at one at a distance, then look close up, then touch, then hold. The best way to cure any fear is to face it had on, and keep doing it until you form a habit.
2006-08-12 14:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by yellabrick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does she need to overcome this fear? Is it impacting on her life significantly? I have a phobia of mice and rats, even people talking about them makes me anxious and makes me feel physically sick. But you know what, it doesn't really have much impact on my life because I don't often come into situations where it matters. In pet shops, I just avoid the section where they are if I go in, and I rarely come across mice in my every day life.
If she really wants to overcome her fear there are a couple of strategies. One is called flooding. This one, in my opinion, is the meanest of all. Basically, you would lock her in a room which contained mice and not let her out. She would be absolutely terrified initially, but over time she would realise that the mice cannot harm her and being near them is not going to cause anything bad to happen.
Another is progressive desensitisation, where she starts by looking at a picture. Once she is happy with that, you take her to a pet shop which has mice, but don't go and look at them. When she's comfortable with that, you go closer, so that you can see them from a distance. Next step, go closer to them, but make sure they're still in a cage. Then, right up to the cage, looking at them. Next, touching one, then holding one.
Personally, the thought of either method terrifies me beyond belief, and I wouldn't do it because my phobia is not having any significant effect on my life. But if your friend really wants to get over her fear, progressive desensitisation is probably the best method.
2006-08-13 06:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't get a cat, my neighbour had a cat and it bought mice in to play with, often lost the mouse & i was called to help flush the thing out! Not easy to do. I had a staffodshire terrier, a mouse came in & he killed it with his nose!!! Or a Jack Russell is a good mouse or ratter.
2006-08-16 12:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by mistickle17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure really, I have a fear of wasp and bees. I am not as scared of bees now as I used to and I once went and stood next to one of those glass bee hive things.
I would say the best thing to do is to look at one from a distance, then close up and then hold one.
2006-08-16 05:12:57 · answer #4 · answered by megajen2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to hypnotize one to fear mice . To hypnotize yourself you need to undergo a psychotic period of disassociation of ideas by the lower brain. To recover logic will take a very long time or burn it out with meds.
2006-08-12 17:11:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a fear of mice as well as many boys and girls love mice.
2006-08-12 14:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by JAMES 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a good Neuro-linguistic Programmer or Emotional Freedom Therapist. Either of these processes will eradicate the phobic response in 1 session.
2006-08-12 15:37:59 · answer #7 · answered by thescouseanator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mum used to hate mice my dad got us a pet hamster they are bigger than mice and cute she got so used to it and let it on her then it died and she let me get a mouse but she hates rats now i have my own house and thinking of getting 1 so when she visits she gets used to it
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2016-12-17 09:50:40 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a cat. cat eats mouse no mouse no problem!:) therapy for one and all!
2006-08-12 15:15:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋