Most of the people have huge fear from lizards and the other reptiles found in our homes. Especially, the fear associated with lizards named Scoliodentosaurophobia has become very much common among us. As similar to any of other types of phobias, fear of lizards or Scoliodentosaurophobia starts with some traumatizing experiences of the people with such lizards and other similar creatures. In this case, trauma is not implying anything like injury, shock or pain to the people.

Some people have developed this type of phobia since their childhood. For instance, as a child, if you have seen the detached tail of lizard, which moves continuously for certain duration, until the tail has its own life. The incident may create fear in your mind even when you grow up. In addition, most of the people have fear of lizards because they may recall any incident of their teen ages like falling of lizards over neck or any parts of their body. Its soft, cold and sticky skin can startled the person and send shivers in the whole body. Now, the main question that strikes our mind that how can people overcome their fear from lizards.

Ways To Overcome Scoliodentosaurophobia

People who are highly determined towards getting rid of the Scoliodentosaurophobia should perform suitable things, so that they can face the biggest fear of their life.

• Firstly you should have to surround yourself with different pictures of lizards or make pictures of lizards on wallpapers of your screen. However in both cases you should intend to give realistic look to your pictures. The main idea in this case is to make the habit of looking at such creatures only in pictures.

• Now when you develop some courage in your mind, you may buy some of the lizard toys. In this case, you should buy rubber lizards rather than buying lizards made from plastic. The reason for this is that rubber lizards have huge resemblance with the original lizards in both softness and texture. In addition, you can put this rubber toy inside your refrigerator, so that you may get cold feeling, as similar to the touch of real lizards.

• After this, whenever you see any lizard go closer to it. If lizard stares at you, you should stare at them. In fact, you should have to bully them and say anything, so that you may feel yourself superior to lizards. And then scare that lizard. You can easily startle most of the lizards by simply slapping on table or wall, so that they may easily run away. This step will empower to realize that lizards also fears human being.

• Now, you may catch or ask anyone to catch a lizard for you and keep it inside a terrarium. You have to place the terrarium nearby either on your desk or any place where you stay. You have to look at the caught lizard every day so that you may become use to with its presence inside the room. Even you can touch the glass in order to receive feeling of staying close to the reptile without exactly touching it.

• At last when you become enough brave you should slowly open the terrarium lid and touch the lizard. But before touching such reptiles always wear gloves as they are little poisonous. Hold them for long time and play with it. And continuous this activity until you forget all the fears.

These steps looks very easy but it is not. It takes months to defeat the fear of Ways To Overcome Scoliodentosaurophobia. But if you have the will, you will definitely win.

• Written by Amit Mitra.
• In category Diseases.
• 11 years ago.

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