Phobias

What’s the difference between being fearful and having a phobia – and aren’t they the same thing? No, they’re not. If your heart beats a little faster at the thought of entering your unlit bedroom at night, you are afraid of the dark. You’ll probably rush over to the light switch and then carry on as usual. Someone who has Nyctophobia – an extreme fear of the dark or the night – will be paralysed with fear and break out in a sweat, their heart rate will increase dramatically. They won’t be able to move. What starts out as anxiety…