BlogoPhobia

BlogoPhobia

Definition
A new medical term that had been firstly used by Sir. Darwish Naji - e7m e7m - in the 21st century , referring to fear of blogs & blogging , in which a group of people experience feeling of disfavor , discomfort and dislike toward the whole idea of blogging , lacking the essential components of fear and generalized anxitey disorders ; so the term - BlogoPhobia - here is considered misnomer .

Epidemiology
No epidemiological statistical studies have yet taken place , but a high incidence is found among third world countries

Risk Factors

• Female gender
• Age , above 40 years old is considered a high risk group
• People living in the third world countries
• People using the internet 1 - 3 hour a week has 4 folds risk " high risk "
• People using the internet 4 - 8 hours a week has 2 folds risk " moderate risk "
• People using the internet more than 9 hours is considered to be a protective factor
• People with less opened life
• Personality disorders eg. paranoid , borderline , dependent .....
• Agoraphobia , fear of crowded places and social events

Presentation
It is considered one of the unclassical phobias , in which there is no classical symptoms of anxiety and fear such as sweating , trembling , excessive heart beat , shortness of breath , nausea ...... that's why it is considered to be a misnomer , as previously mentioned .
Symptoms are only limited to

• Discomfort
• Disgust feelings
• Considering the idea of blogging as an improper way of expressing yourself
• Not accepting the idea of blogging and exposing your life and thoughts to the public

It might either persist or appear as a variable temporary duration

Variants
Most common types

• Blogo-Persono-phobia , discomfort of personal blogs
• Others
• Blogo-Politico-phobia , discomfort toward political blogs
• Blogo-Techno-phobia , discomfort toward blogs talking about technology
  

Diagnosis
It is usually a clinical diagnosis , & no further investigations are required . Rarely it is misdiagnosed . But recently it can be mixed with other unclassical internet phobias

Treatment

• Modify risk factors
• Support , by encouraging them
• Exposure & desensitization therapy , by exposing this group of people to various kind of blogs or according to the type
• Weekly schedulized internet sessions
• Behavioral therapy
  

Prognosis

• Prognosis is excellent with treatment
• Small portion with poor compliance with their treatment will be confined with a persistent condition .

Author's Comments
Through my way back , when I started blogging in November 2005 , a lot of people , friends & family, had looked to the idea of blogging , as a silly idea , and they have drawn me back of it a couple of times , and it is still going on each time I introduce my blog to new people . If this happens to anyone of you , all what you need is just to label them as BlogoPhobic !

CheeerZ!