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fear of being touched Apiphobia: fear of bees, a zoophobia: Apotemnophobia fear of amputees, and/or of becoming an amputee [9] [10] Aquaphobia: fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies. Arachnophobia: fear of spiders and other ...
As with other phobias and anxiety conditions, haphephobia may come with anxiety and stress-related symptoms that vary among those that suffer from it. A non-exhaustive list of potential symptoms that those suffering from haphephobia may have includes: [3] Chest pain; Choking sensation; Cold or hot flushes; Cholinergic urticaria; Dissociation ...
Coprolalia in signing individuals is characterized by uncontrollable fingerspelling of obscene and inappropriate words and phrases, the production of intercourse related signs, flicking middle fingers, or compulsive repetition of signs. [35] TS is extremely understudied in the deaf community, often being misdiagnosed as schizophrenia.
Spotligectophobia, scopophobia, scoptophobia, or ophthalmophobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by an excessive fear of being stared at in public or stared at by others. [1] Similar phobias include erythrophobia, the fear of blushing. Scopophobia is also commonly associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Often ...
Separation anxiety disorder (SepAD) is the feeling of excessive and inappropriate levels of anxiety over being separated from a person or place. Separation anxiety is a normal part of development in babies or children, and it is only when this feeling is excessive or inappropriate that it can be considered a disorder. [37]
A fear of being in crowds. A fear of being left alone anywhere. A fear of men or women. (androphobia or gynophobia) A fear of going out at all, agoraphobia. A fear of being touched, hapnophobia. Specific fears related to certain characteristics of the assailant, e.g. side-burns, straight hair, the smell of alcohol or cigarettes, type of ...
Balloon phobia or globophobia is a fear of balloons. [2] The most common source of fear is the sound of balloons popping, but individuals can also be triggered by their texture and smell. [1] Generally, people with globophobia will refuse to touch, feel, smell, or go near a balloon for fear it will burst. [3]
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.