Monophobia

Monophobia

I’ve been getting involved by some Monophobia people in real life and most of them are control freak ones too. Of course, they denied they have fear of being all alone, even in a short time. The more they denied, the more I enjoy to ‘punish’ them. Just if they admit it and tell me the truth, I will even care.

Fear of Being Alone Phobia – Monophobia is the extreme or abnormal fear of being along. Many people as well as animals are known to suffer from Monophobia and it is not an easy fear to overcome.
Monophobia is also known by other names such as Isolaphobia or Autophobia. It is characterized by extreme insecurity, anxiety and depression when the individual suffering has to be alone, even for short duration. As a result, s/he refuses to sleep, eat or even go to the bathroom alone.

One with monophobia experiences the anxiety of a panic attack and may also have obsessional and depressive symptoms.
Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea, and overall feelings of dread, although everyone experiences being alone fear in their own way and may have different symptoms.

The fear of being alone can be caused by by many different things. Maybe you were, or felt, abandoned at some time in life and came to associate being alone with being unloved or neglected. A fear of being alone can be directly related to agoraphobia which tends to reduce self-confidence and the belief that activities can be carried out alone. It can be a short step to a belief that being alone at all is not safe.

A person suffering from monophobia might believe that he or she will die or collapse or do something terrible when panic strikes and this too might make having a trustworthy person present seem as if it is essential.