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Death anxiety is anxiety caused by thoughts of one's own death, and is also known as thanatophobia (fear of death). [1] This anxiety can significantly impact various aspects of a person's life.
Teratophilia is classified as a paraphilia. [citation needed] Rather than view the condition as a kink, defenders of teratophilia believe it allows people to see beauty outside of societal standards. [3]
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 ...
One definition of death anxiety is a "feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude (anxiety) when one thinks of the process of dying, or ceasing to ‘be’". [15] It is also referred to as thanatophobia (fear of death), and is distinguished from necrophobia , which is a specific fear of dead or dying persons and/or things (i.e. others who are ...
Erotic asphyxiation (variously called asphyxiophilia, hypoxyphilia or breath control play) is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal.
Sexual fetishism, a sexual attraction to objects or body parts of lesser sexual importance (or none at all) such as feet, toes, or certain types of clothing . Racial fetishism
One definition of death anxiety is a "feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude (anxiety) when one thinks of the process of dying, or ceasing to 'be'". Also known as thanatophobia (fear of death).
In the music video for the song "Velvet", Norwegian band A-ha portrays the band as murder victims, opening with Morten Harket as a dead man in a bathtub: a girl killed him by electrocution, dropping a plugged hairdryer in the tub.