Therapies to lessen fear of steep slopes: bathmophobia

Intense fear for specific object or situation is prevalent in masses. One such irrational terror is Bathmophobia, the fear of stairs or steep slopes.

When exploring the causes of phobia, it is established in psychological studies that heredity, genetics, and brain chemistry pooled with life-experiences have key role in the progress of phobias. Bitter experience of past associated with stairs or slopes make the victims feel endangered while undertaking such activity in the future.


Individual suffering from phobia shows array of symptoms that include extreme anxiety, shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, inability to articulate words or sentences, dry mouth and shaking.

There are several treatment options for Bathmophobia sufferers that include relaxation techniques, therapies and medications. In combination with other therapies, anti-anxiety medicines are prescribed for bathmophobia treatments. Relaxation techniques can help relieve symptoms. Behavioral therapy is also applied on patients which involves changing present undesirable, negative behaviours with healthy and positive behaviours. Cognitive therapy mainly focuses on gradually changing unjustified habits and negative thinking.

In lessening the impact of dreadful feeling of bathmophobia patients, psychotherapy has immense role. It involves talking with a therapist who can than give effective supervision. Phobias can be successfully treated through application of exposure therapy. This therapy exposes the victim directly to the object of fear in a controlled way and this can slowly help in releasing the anxiety for the dreaded object.

To conclude, Bathmophobia is a condition which develop due to fear of steep slopes or stairs. In such situation, patients is in trauma as they would not be able to go in hilly places. There are many causes of developing Bathmophobia. Child or adult may experience dreadful events in past which may lead to irrational fear in them. 

 Important: This article is developed through environmental information, academic experience and/ or personal view of writer. Writer is not responsible for any disagreement

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