Couple Moves House 18th Times in Just 3 Years Because of Wife’s Super Fear of Cockroaches
source bbc
A couple in India has been reported by media that the wives have an intense phobia of cockroaches and she would scream for help repeatedly upon seeing a cockroach and because of this, the couple has been moving to 18 different homes within just three years time.
The husband has taken his wife to various doctor for psychiatric help including the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) which is known as one of the best medical institutions in India, the wife claimed that she had tried her best to face her phobia of cockroaches but her husband can’t get the level of scarceness she is facing and she also reported to refuse to take medication.
The fear of cockroaches is also known as katsaridaphobia. It may involve debilitating physical responses upon seeing a cockroach, including crying and screaming or even having a full-blown panic attack. However, a person can use gradual desensitization or exposure therapy to treat such phobias which will slowly progress from looking at photos to the real thing in the end to combat this fear.
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