flying phobia, public speaking phobia and evolution

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Phobias  Have Evolutionary Roots:  Darwin Vs Freud

Alen J Salerian MD

   Tell me about a phobia and I will show its evolutionary roots dormant in our brain  well anchored in the limbic region.

   Fear of public speaking , social interaction, open spaces, crowded places or stage fright etc !!!

  Just imagine a baby rabbit suddenly faced with an open space or very near beastly creatures . SOS SOS  stress messages would pump the vulnerable rabbit . Run to safety or play dead, freeze.

  And what if the rabbit is in you, in your brain and you are facing a large crowd to deliver an important speech. Your brain is telling you run, this is not safe all these invisible faces could be enemies and could shoot you down.

  When environmental stressors imitate the jungle and our psychobiological resilience is down we will experience terrifying phobias. The cure is understanding the evolutionary roots and strengthening psychobiology. But don't get on an airplane when your mind is telling you to run it safer to have a panic attack on the ground rather than in the air behind locked doors and plenty of strangers staring at you.