In my view all phobias are caused by early life trauma which remain "embedded" in an individual just like untreated parasites.

The "parasite" is in fact the imprint of the memory associated with the trauma. Such memories are multidimensional in nature; they have associated with them negative beliefs, emotions, perceptions, behaviors and personality structures.

Their effect is much like a "software virus" that hijacks your computer from you and takes it to places you never intended it to go. In the same way such "memory parasites" or