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Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014), by Bernie Hobbs. The phobia was created to mock name bias, a form of discrimination studied by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago ...
The fear surrounding a phobia can become so intense that individuals go to great lengths to avoid encountering the source of their anxiety, which often leads to them altering their daily lives to ...
Pages in category "Phobias" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The English suffix-mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania.The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders.It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject.
This handsome 18" by 24" glossy is covered with definitions of hundreds of phobias that most of us were unaware of, or unaware such traits are considered phobias, rather than reasonable reactions ...
Latinicised name: Claustrophobia Fear of: enclosed spaces Category: Specific phobia: Type: Situational type Hypothesized evolution relation: Fight-or-flight response:
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Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or ...