Atelophobia is a phobia people tend to suffer from when having a fear of imperfection. There is no need of being embarrassed of this condition as this is a condition that many people suffer from, and is curable with the right help.

It is not necessary that one fears only ghosts and vampires, there are many people who have other fears that tend to make day to day life quite impossible for them. Such fears are generally categorized as phobias and range from a fear of untidiness, fear of closed places, fear of water and fear of fire. One of these phobias is atelophobia, and is basically a persistent fear of imperfection.

A person suffering from atelophobia will be one who demands perfection in whatever they do, and is being done. They tend to get panic attacks when they see things which are not perfect and up to mark. The symptoms with the panic attacks are irregular heartbeat, sweating, rapid breathing and a feeling of dread. Different people tend to get different symptoms as panic attacks with atelophobia.

The cause of atelophobia cannot actually be defined; but it is usually because of some incident or event in the past that tends to bring bad memories when the victim sees imperfection. It is this event that the victim wants to avoid, and with the intending of avoiding this event, they tend to avoid imperfection altogether. And this is how atelophobia sets in the person.

A person suffering from atelophobia finds it rather difficult to adjust in society as it is not always that there is perfection in whatever is done. There is bound to be some untidiness, disorder and mistakes in whatever written or physical work that is done by anyone. So people suffering from atelophobia are sure to experience panic attacks quite often because of this. This is the reason why people suffering from atelophobia soon become loners as they cannot tolerate imperfection wherever they go.

However, people suffering from atelophobia need not fear as there is cure for atelophobia. There are many drugs on the market today that help eradicate atelophobia. However, these drugs should not be taken as these drugs provide only temporary relief through the chemical reactions of the drug in the body. So the victim feels as if they are cured from atelophobia only when they take the drugs. On the discontinuation of the drugs, the symptoms not only reappear, but they also suffer from side effects of the drugs and withdrawal symptoms of the drug. So there is basically no use in taking drugs to cure atelophobia.

Then there are some people who claim that atelophobia can be cured with the repeated exposure of the victim to the actual fear they have; that is of imperfection. However, this too is not an effective cure as the victim will definitely suffer from more panic attacks and may become hysterical. The best cure is to visit one of the many phobia clinics or perhaps a psychologist.

The clinic has psychologists who can help eliminate the fear of imperfection completely from the mind of the victim through the right counseling. With the complete elimination of the fear from the mind of the victim, you find a permanent cure from atelophobia that tends to be very effective and a relief to the victim.

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