Gephyrophobia can be defined as the permanent and irrational fear of crossing a bridge. This word has its origin from the Greek "gephura" (bridge) and phobos (fear). The person who suffers from this phobia is capable of doing everything to avoid crossing a bridge, looking for alternative routes or refusing to go somewhere. And if you have no alternative but to cross a bridge, people use different methods such as taking a tranquilizer or listening to music, singing aloud, all this in order to reduce anxiety a little.
Among the physiological reactions that a person with this phobia can present is tachycardia, dizziness, vomiting, sweating, etc. The gephyrophobia makes the person always this concern to thinking that you may suffer an accident of traffic while crossing a bridge, whether the bridge is short or long enough that it is a bridge for the phobic person begins to feel fear and anxiety.
In relation to the causes that originate this phobia there may be a great variety of reasons which may vary depending on the person. This person may in the past have suffered an accident while crossing a bridge or perhaps had a relationship or contact with someone who has been injured while crossing a bridge; The truth is that the person who is suffering from this phobia should be treated with a specialist in anxiety disorders to help him face that fear, there are also other options such as receiving hypnosis therapies, psychotherapy, or desensitization therapy.
