How Can I Help?
The Phobic Trust is a registered charitable trust established in New Zealand to provide specialist treatment, education and support specifically to anxiety disorder sufferers. We rely on charitable donations to carry out our work. Here are some of our achievements that would not have been possible without the generosity of supporters like you…
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In the Auckland region, the Phobic Trust Anxiety Disorders Clinic at
St Lukes provides specialist treatment to anxiety disorder sufferers
via a multi-disciplinary clinical team. Nationally, the 24-hour 0800
Helpline helps thousands of people in crisis suffering from panic attacks
and phobias who literally have nowhere else to turn.
24 hours every day, 365 days a year, the Phobic Trust National Helpline
helps people in distress, including many whose anxiety disorders have
become so severe that they are contemplating suicide.
The Phobic Trust also works to gain awareness and recognition of a disability which affects 25% of the population. We are currently investigating the links between anxiety disorders and alcohol and substance abuse and hope that the results of this research will help future sufferers and their families.
Our vision is of a world where anxiety disorders carry no stigma and sufferers are not afraid to speak out and seek help for fear of being labelled stupid, weak or crazy. History reveals many famous people such as John Bunyan, Samuel Johnson, Martin Luther, Winston Churchill and Howard Hughes have suffered from anxiety, which shows that having an anxiety disorder has nothing to do with lack of intelligence.
The work of the Phobic Trust touches people of all ages irrespective of age, culture, and socio-economic background. We rely on the time of our volunteers and charitable donations to allow our valuable work to continue - these donations come from our supporters, charitable trusts and individuals just like you.
To find out how to make a donation click here.
To find out how to become a volunteer click here.
Thank you for support.
The true story of an OCD sufferer: “My mother remembers me washing my hands over and over again; so much so that my hands used to crack and bleed. This was when I was approximately five years of age. At ten or eleven I had thoughts about Aids. I had to constantly wash and shower to ensure that the contamination did not affect me. At eleven or twelve I started saying I wanted to die and by the time I got to about fourteen years I started to think about suicide. In fact I have actually walked on to a bridge meaning to end my life. My parents brought me to the Phobic Trust Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Before I went to the clinic I thought I would never get better and I felt cracked in the head – that there was no hope. Now I feel better, mostly cured and most of the time ‘normal’.” |
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Winston Churchill (1874-1965) suffered from depression all his life. He named his depression the 'Black Dog.' |
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) who compiled the first dictionary of the English language, suffered from depression, fear of death and a compulsion of "odd movements". He would never step on cracks between paving stones and when he went for a walk, he touched every post he passed. |
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Howard Hughes (1905-1976), the recluse billionaire magnate of the aircraft and movie industries, had an obsession with germs. |
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English author, suffered from high levels of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Dickens reported being troubled by many 'gloomy thoughts' and had a fear of masks, having been frightened by one as a child. |
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