Recent study: 12% of people around the world suffer from fear of the future.

U.S. A new study reported by the National Institute of Mental Health found that more than 12% of adults worldwide have suffered from “fear of the future” at some point in their lives. Reasons. And the U.S. National Institute of Psychiatry asserts that some people experience a range of emotions during different days and events, including a sense of time phobia, emphasizing that some people may transcend their fear of natural and logical limits and turn into irrational fear. The future, it’s called “chronophobia”.

The study confirmed that most of the time, this fear is not related to a specific future event, but rather passes with unreasonable feelings at the same time. The symptoms of this disease affect the person’s social relationships and his performance at work. He always suffers from tension, distraction, anxiety and excitement, and complains of rapid fatigue and exhaustion, sometimes confirming that the patient suffers from sleep disorders, and there are those who develop physical symptoms when thinking about the future, such as profuse sweating. , heart palpitations and dry mouth, to some bad experiences like death of a close relative, loss of job or separation of parents, sometimes due to adrenal gland deficiency or imbalance of hormonal secretion. , or as a result of genetic factors. Finally, the study indicated that it is possible in women who have reached the age of menopause, if there is chronophobia or a deficiency in the functioning of the adrenal gland or hormones. It may be due to a future surgery or medical condition such as heart disease or a deficiency in the thyroid gland.

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