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The validly sourced content below is general content about specific phobias; it is not about this condition in particular. The content that is about this phobia is sourced to popular media, which we absolutely do not use for content about health per WP:MEDRS. We don't do duplicate general sections in specific articles like this anywhere in WP, and certainly not articles about health. It is a recipe for disaster and just pads this article.
- Causes
As with most phobias this fear could be the result of a negative experience with hair, a hairy person, or no reason at all; at times, the fear is idiopathic, without any known obvious causation.[1] Because of this lack of clear causation, some critics of psychoanalysis are concerned with over-diagnosis.[2]
There are many theories of causation of such phobias: a popular book on psychological disorders suggests that phobias such as trichophobia or chaetophobia come from overactive imaginations, or otherwise from an amygdala hijack; difficult to determine their roots, they often start in early childhood.[3]
One theory on the cause is that Christian people in medieval Europe associated hair with the devil.[4] Another idea is that hair is representative of the female, and thus the fear of hair is fear of women.[5][6] Marketers of depilatory products encourage fear of body hair in women for their own profit.[7]
On the other hand, a "predisposition to anxiety" is thought to turn into a phobia by "a traumatic experience", or "learned off others who may instill their fears in you", or "observation or 'systemic modelling'".[8]
- Treatment
Intensive therapy and/or medication may have an effect on the anxiety side of the phobia. As with most phobias support groups and self relaxation techniques are some times effective in helping with fear and anxiety.[1]
Common treatments, as with all phobias, include "behavioral or talk therapy", drugs, and nutritional therapy.[3] Exposure therapy is also commonly used,[1] and can be effective in 85% of cases.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Chrone, Jack (August 14, 2014). "Teenager is so scared of human hair she can't touch her own head because it makes her feel sick". Daily Mirror. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Szasz, Thomas (1993). A Lexicon of Lunacy. Transaction. ISBN 978-1412816120. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ a b Juan, Stephen (2006). The odd Brain. Andrews McMeel. pp. 79–82, 88. ISBN 978-0740761591. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Bruhm, Steven (2011). "All Is True (Henry VIII): The Unbearable Sex of Henry VIII". Shakesqueer:A Queer Companion. Duke University Press. pp. 28–38. ISBN 978-0822348450. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Del Principe, David (1994). "Heresy and "Hair-esy" in Ugo Tarchetti's Fosca". Italica. 71 (1). American Association of Teachers of Italian: 43–55. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Del Principe, David (1996). Rebellion, Death, and Aesthetics. Fairleigh Dickinson U. Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0838636381. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Gannon, Emma (July 21, 2014). "It doesn't matter if your legs are hairy or not - you can support equal rights for women either way". The Independent (UK). Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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-- Jytdog (talk) (signed on Jytdog's behalf by —PermStrump(talk) 23:57, 26 August 2016 (UTC))
- Jytdog, I signed the comment above for you assuming it was an accident. Hope you don't mind.
- For similar reasons, I just removed the line that said:
The American DSM uses code 300.29 for specific phobias.[1]
Neither the DSM nor these 2 sources mention the term "chaetophobia", but that sentence implied that chaetophobia is an accepted term for a type of specific phobia, which I haven't found any evidence of.
References
- --—PermStrump(talk) 23:57, 26 August 2016 (UTC)