How To Reduce Your Crowds Phobia

Unless you live in a really isolated part of the country, you're almost never far away from a crowd.

Which makes it a problem if you're afraid of crowds.

Trouble is, crowds can appear as if from thin air. One minute you're almost on your own in a street or mall, then you turn around and there are people everywhere. It's like you've stepped into a movie.

Most of the time, crowds are harmless. However, if you are afraid of crowds then it's a completely different story when you try to tell your mind that fact. Instead, you'll likely be running all sorts of different scenarios as to why this particular crowd of people means you harm. Regardless of the fact that they're just a group of strangers intent on minding their own business, not a crowd carrying swords and torches.

So what can you do to calm yourself down if you're unfortunate enough to find yourself standing in the center of a large, seemingly angry, crowd?

Listening to your rational mind saying "it's OK" will likely be as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Taking a few deep breaths may work. Or at least stop you panicking totally.

Then let your survival instinct take over and head for the closest exit. Steadily. Without running.

Longer term, you should look for a better solution.

If your memory will let you, think back to when you first became frightened of crowds. Maybe it was when you were a child and maybe you got parted from your parents and started to panic and maybe cry. Lots of the time, phobias such as this one go a long way back in our life to our time as a child and we weren't as rational and straight thinking as we are as an adult.

If it's possible to trace your fear of crowds back to one particular time, one of the best ways to heal yourself is to "un-learn" the response you learned in those few minutes. There are some tricks you can do to achieve this but they're best left to professionals.

Mind you, before you go down that route, check out a hypnosis download on crowd phobia - this works most of the time for most people and is definitely the first place to start.