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And there is quite the list of common phobias from A-Z that people can relate to. ... Gynophobia: fear of adult women. H. 145. Halitophobia: fear of bad breath. 146. Hamartophobia: fear of sinning ...
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 ...
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 ...
A specific phobia is a marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Specific phobias may also include fear of losing control, panicking, and fainting from an encounter with the phobia. [1] Specific phobias are defined concerning objects or situations, whereas social phobias emphasize social fear and the evaluations that might accompany ...
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An estimated 12.5% of U.S. adults experience specific phobia at some time in their lives and the prevalence is approximately double in females compared to males. An estimated 19.3% of adolescents experience specific phobia, but the difference between males and females is not as pronounced. [24]
Phobophobia comes in between the stress the patient might be experiencing and the phobia that the patient has developed as well as the effects on their life, or in other words, it is a bridge between anxiety/panic the patient might be experiencing and the type of phobia they fear, creating an intense and extreme predisposition to the feared ...
Can we add "Bambakomallophobia" to the list, it's a real phobia, it's the phobia of Cotton Wool. YES it's real. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.216.249.234 06:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC) just met someone with this phobia , in the fom of cotton wool rolls or balls , not q tips oropen flattened wool — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.48.179 21:15, 11 March 2012 (UTC) []