The fear of beautiful women (usually related to shyness and fear of rejection). Another name for this is venustraphobia. Fear of women in general is gynephobia. Defined as “a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of beautiful women”, each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress. It can cause panic attacks and keep people apart from loved ones and business associates.
Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea, and overall feelings of dread, although everyone experiences caligynephobia in their own way and may have different symptoms.
Like all fears and phobias, caligynephobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism. At some point in your past, there was likely an event linking beautiful women and emotional trauma. Whilst the original catalyst may have been a real-life scare of some kind, the condition can also be triggered by myriad, benign events like movies, TV, or perhaps seeing someone else experience trauma.
I think I may have this and I believe that confronting my phobia’s and tackling my fears is what I need to overcome this pointless condition. Can anyone help?
Just try to realize that nobody is perfect and beauty is very fragile thing to begin with. Be positive and go for inner beauty with You inside and rest will come as natural.
Not to be rude, but I don’t think you understand. The phobia isn’t about perfection or inner beauty. It’s about getting nervous/distrustful of sexy women.
this goes for every one, not just women…Every time you look in the mirror, you see things about your self you hate, things you want to change…things that most people will tell you are trivial. Remember that these women/men have the same concerns, and the same wants. However trivial you think their flaws are, they augment them in their own head. Take refuge in the fact that as godly as you think they may be, they have just as many if not more, things about themselves they wish were different.
I think every man suffers from this one now and then… except perhaps Brad Pitt he might have a handle on it.
also nervous around pretty woman, many times avoid social situations ‘love to go’ but just hate my body launguage around them.many times i try, sometimes get it right sometimes not at al.keep going you are making a differrence, just dont let anyone take advantage of you.