Ophiophobia ndi mantha oopsa komanso osalamulirika a njoka. Monga phobia iliyonse, ndizomwe zimayambitsa matenda amisala komanso nkhawa zomwe zimatha kulepheretsa tsiku ndi tsiku. Kuda nkhawa kwambiri komanso kusamvetsetseka ndi omwe ali pafupi naye.

Komanso amatchedwa ophidophobia, ophiophobia amachokera ku Greek "ophis" kutanthauza "njoka" ndi "phobia" kutanthauza "mantha". Timazindikira kuti phobia ya njoka nthawi zambiri imagwirizanitsidwa ndi herpetophobia, ndiko kuti mantha a mantha a zokwawa. Amadziwika ndi mantha osagonjetseka komanso nthawi zambiri opanda nzeru a njoka. Kupsinjika maganizo kungayambitsidwenso ndi kungoona chithunzi, filimu kapena kuwerenga mawu.

Ophiophobia ndi imodzi mwazowopsa zomwe zimafala kwambiri ndipo zimagawidwa m'gulu la zoophobia, mantha a nyama. Olemba mbiri ena amalingalira kuti phobia ya njoka imatha kulembedwa m'makumbukidwe owopsa a anthu kuyambira nthawi zakale. Izi zili choncho makamaka kwa katswiri wa chikhalidwe cha anthu Lynne A. Isbell m'buku lake Chipatso, Mtengo ndi Njoka (Harvard University Press editions). M'malo mwake, anthu ali ndi kachitidwe kobadwa nako kupulumuka kwa nyamayo komanso kusawona bwino zomwe zimalola kuti zidziwike mwachangu kwambiri. Luso lomwe tinatengera kuchokera ku chibadwa cha kusaka kwa makolo athu, ndi zomwe anyani ena amapatsidwanso. 

Kuopa kuluma ndi kutsamwitsa komwe kumakhudzana ndi nyamayi kungafotokozedwe ndi zochitika zowawa zomwe wodwalayo amakumana nazo ali mwana kapena wamkulu. 

Koma njokayo imavutikanso kwambiri ndi chifaniziro cholusa chomwe amachitcha. Woyesa zoyipa kwa Adamu ndi Hava m'munda wa Edeni, njoka nthawi zonse imawonetsedwa molakwika m'mabuku komanso m'makanema, omwe amatha kupha ndi kupha, kuluma ndi kumeza pakamwa limodzi, monga ku Le Petit Prince wolemba Antoine de Saint. - Zosangalatsa. Zifukwa zomwe zingafotokoze chenjezo la chibadwa chathu cha kupulumuka pamaso pa nyama yokwawa ndi mluzu.

Akatswiri ena a psychoanalyst amajambula kufanana pakati pa kuopa kutaya ndi phobia ya njoka. Nyamayo imatha kuyimira mbolo yomwe imachotsedwa m'thupi mu psychoanalysis.

Zinthu zingapo zimasiyanitsa mantha osavuta a njoka ndi phobia yeniyeni monga: 

• Kulephera kupita kumalo kumene kuli kotheka kukumana ndi njoka, monga malo osungiramo nyama;
• Kulephera kuwonera zithunzi kapena makanema ndi njoka;
• Kuwerenga kosavuta kutchula nyama kungayambitse matenda a nkhawa;
• Mantha omwe nthawi zambiri amapusitsidwa - makamaka ngati munthuyo akukhala Kumadzulo - kukumana ndi njoka komanso kuzunzidwa koopsa;
• Maloto obwerezabwereza omwe njoka ilipo;
• Kuopa kufa.

Ikaona njoka, zizindikiro zosonyeza kuopa njoka zimayamba. Ndi chiyambi cha nkhawa yosalamulirika yomwe ingadziwonetsere mwa:

• Kunyansidwa ndi nseru;
• Kupindika;
• Kugwedezeka;
• Vuto la misozi;
• Thukuta; 
• Kuopa kufa; 
• Chizungulire ndi kukomoka.

Kuti athetse vuto la ophiophobia, nthawi zambiri amapita ku psychoanalysis kapena machitidwe ndi chidziwitso chomwe odwala amatembenukirako. 

Thandizo lamakhalidwe limagwira ntchito pakukhudzana ndi phobia kapena m'malo mwake kutalikirana nalo chifukwa cha njira zopumula, kupuma kapena kulingalira koyenera. Ma CBT nthawi zambiri amakhala achidule afupipafupi omwe amatha kuyambira masabata 8 mpaka 12 kutengera wodwala komanso matenda.

Psychoanalysis ndi gawo limodzi la njira yomvetsetsa kuti adziwe chomwe chimayambitsa vutoli. Pamene phobia ikufooketsa kwambiri, anxiolytics akhoza kulembedwa ndi dokotala kuti athetse zizindikiro ndi nkhawa.