Agirophobia is that irrational fear that people have of crossing a street, avenue or any type of road artery that is traveled by motor vehicles. The key to this type of phobias are the traumatic experiences that the subject experiences with the things they fear. What could happen when crossing the street basically the winding and although the street is empty, even blocked, there is fear and fear of crossing the road.
This persistent fear can cause adverse physical effects in those who suffer from it, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness and nausea, a person can faint if forced to cross the street because they think they can die or be injured when even there is no danger. Experts claim to have reports of agirophobics who dread even closed streets where no vehicles of any kind pass.
Agyrophobics have a serious problem that limits life in the city, they are restricted from shopping on a boulevard, they cannot function naturally in public places and they fear spaces where there are vehicles. However, not everything is bad for those who suffer from this disorder, psychoanalysts knowledgeable on the subject assure that it can be treated with a therapy that attacks the patient's feelings and cognitive fears, in order to make him understand that the possibilities of being hit by a car they are minimal, if traffic signals are respected and pedestrian crossings such as white lines and walkways are used properly.
