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An Iberia 747-200. Fear of flying is the fear of being on a flying vehicle, such as an airplane or helicopter, while it is in flight.It is also referred to as flying anxiety, flying phobia, flight phobia, aviophobia, aerophobia, or pteromerhanophobia (although aerophobia also means a fear of drafts or of fresh air).
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
A phobia is an anxiety disorder, defined by an irrational, unrealistic, persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. [7] [8] [9] [1] Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of fear and are usually present for more than six months. [1]
A clinically diagnosed extreme fear of flying, known as aerophobia or aviophobia, is rare: Some estimates put it as low as 2.5% of the population. But as much as 40% of people say they have ...
Ancraophobia, also known as anemophobia, is an extreme fear of wind or drafts. [1] It is rather uncommon, and can be treated. It has many different effects on the human brain. [2]
In exchange for Homer's silence about the incident, the airline gives the Simpson family free tickets for a flight to any of the lower forty-eight states. While Homer, Bart, and Lisa are excited to travel, Marge makes several failed attempts to avoid the trip. As their plane is about to take off, she reveals to Homer she has a fear of flying.
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Acrophobia, also known as hypsophobia, is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share similar causes and options for treatment.