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  2. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Haphephobia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Coprolalia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Scopophobia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Anxiety disorder - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Rape trauma syndrome - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Balloon phobia - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    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.