Kujwayelekile ukuthi izingane zizwe ukukhathazeka mayelana nemicimbi ethile noma izimo ezifana nokuba semdlalweni wokufunda, ukwedlula inja egqumayo, noma ukozela ebumnyameni. Nokho ngokuvamile kakhulu kunamanje, lokhu kwesaba kuyihaba noma ngisho nokungenangqondo. Izingane ezimbalwa zingandisa ukwesaba okungenangqondo okungathí sina okungase kucatshangelwe ngokomtholampilo i-phobia. Ngokwemibandela yomtholampilo, i-phobia ibhekisela ohlotsheni lwesifo sokucindezeleka. Kungamamayela okukhathazeka okunamandla, okungenangqondo kokuthile okuveza ingozi encane noma engabonakali nhlobo. Lolo uhlobo lokukhathazeka olungashiyi ngaphandle kwezinkinga njengezinhlobo ezivamile zokukhathazeka njengokubona isilo ku-movie ethusayo. Uma ingane ine-phobia, umuzwa wayo wokulondeka nenhlalakahle iyathinteka.
Izingane eziningi ngokuvamile ziphuma endleleni yazo ukuze zigweme isimo noma into eyaziwayo esabekayo. Esimeni lapho isimo noma into ekhathazayo ingeke igwemeke, izingane zingase futhi zijabulele ukwethuka nokukhathazeka, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okusheshayo, ukuphelelwa umoya, ukuthuthumela, nokuthanda okuqinile ukuphuma entweni noma isenzakalo esibenza besabe. Njalo nje, sebevele bezwa izinhlungu esifubeni kanye nesiyezi lapho benombono wokuthi kukhona into ehlasimulisayo noma ehlasimulisayo esezokwenzeka. Ukulahlekelwa ukulawula isimo, izingane ezijabulela ukuhlaselwa ngenxa ye-phobias yazo zingase zehluleke ukucabanga ngokuqondile futhi zingaze zicabange ukuthi ziyahlanya.
Eziningi zezinhlobonhlobo ezithile zama-phobias, isimo esiphezulu esivame ukubonwa sibizwa ngokuthi yi-social phobia. Lokhu kuzokwenza umuntu azizwe esaba ukuphoxeka phambi kwabanye abantu. Izingane zingase zibe nale phobia futhi zingase zesabe ukukhuluma nothisha noma zesabe ukuhamba ngezinyawo ziye ngaphambili kobukhazikhazi bombukiso wakhe nokwazisa. Intsha ingaba nama-phobias cishe izicabucabu (arachnophobia), ukwesaba ukuba sendaweni evalekile ehlanganisa ikheshi (claustrophobia), ngisho nokwesaba ukugeza (ablutophobia).
Noma kunjalo alukho ucwaningo oluqinile oluchaza ukuthi kungani izingane zithola ama-phobias. Ososayensi bathi izakhi zofuzo zothile zingase zibe nokuthile ekuthuthukisweni kokwesaba okungenangqondo. Izenzakalo eziphazamisayo ekuphileni komntwana zingase zenze okwengeziwe ekushukumiseni i-phobia. Iningi labantu labantu lingabhekwana nalo ngendaba yama-phobias abo. Abambalwa bangaphinda baphendule ikhambi ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, ngesikhathi esifanayo njengoba abanye bengase futhi bathathe unyaka noma ngaphezulu. Ikhambi lihlala liyinkimbinkimbi ngeqiniso kangangokuthi abantu abambalwa bavame ukuba ne-phobia eminingi, noma bangathinteka ngenxa ye-melancholy. Noma ikhambi le-phobia lisekelwe ngokubona kwami, kunezinqubo eziningi zemfashini eziye zaqinisekiswa ukuthi zisebenza ngempumelelo ngabelaphi nodokotela bengqondo bamazwe ngamazwe.
Ikhambi lokuziphatha lifinyelelwa ngendlela yokuhlela kanye nokuzuza ukukhohlisa ngokuziphatha okungafunwa kwengane. Lolu hlobo lwekhambi lunikeza ingane umuzwa wokulawula izindlela zayo zokuphila. Ukwelashwa kwengqondo, noma kunjalo, kunikeza ngokushintsha amaphethini emibono angakhiqizi noma ayingozi. Ingane ihlola imizwa yayo futhi ifunde ukuhlukanisa iqiniso nemicabango engenangqondo. Ngokusebenzisa izindlela zokuphumula, abantu abasha abane-phobias bangakhulisa amandla okubhekana nobunzima obunomthelela ekwesabeni kwabo, kanye nezimpawu ezingokomzimba zalokho. Lezi ezimbalwa nje zezindlela zokwelapha ezisebenzayo usana olungathola usizo njengendlela yokunqanda ukwesabeka kwalo, kuzenze zivuleleke kakhulu ezindleleni zokuphila nalokho ezikunikezayo.
