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  2. Fear of negative evaluation - Wikipedia

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    Fear of negative evaluation (FNE), or fear of failure, [1] also known as atychiphobia, [2] is a psychological construct reflecting "apprehension about others' evaluations, distress over negative evaluations by others, and the expectation that others would evaluate one negatively".

  3. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions, a zoophobia: Astraphobia: fear of thunder and lightning: Atelophobia: fear of imperfection; a synonym of perfectionism: Athazagoraphobia: fear of forgetting, forgetfulness and/or being forgotten [11] [12] Atychiphobia: fear of failure [13] or negative evaluations of others Autophobia: fear ...

  4. Self-handicapping - Wikipedia

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    For example, fear of failure, a heightened sensitivity to shame and embarrassment upon failure, [17] motivates self-handicapping behavior. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Students who fear failure are more likely to adopt performance goals in the classroom or goals focused on the demonstration of competence or avoidance of demonstrating incompetence ...

  5. Test anxiety - Wikipedia

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    This includes catastrophic expectations of gloom and doom, fear of failure, random thoughts, feelings of inadequacy, self-condemnation, negative self-talk, frustration and comparing oneself unfavorably to others. Cognitive/Behavioral – poor concentration, "going blank" or "freezing," confusion, and poor organization. The inability to ...

  6. Fear - Wikipedia

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    Fear is an unpleasant emotion that arises in response to perceived dangers or threats. Fear causes physiological and psychological changes. It may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat, commonly known as the fight-or-flight response. Extreme cases of fear can trigger an immobilized freeze ...

  7. Social anxiety disorder - Wikipedia

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    The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., an addictive substance, a medication) or another medical condition. The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is not better explained by the symptoms of another mental disorder, such as panic disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, or autism spectrum disorder.

  8. Avoidant personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD), or anxious personality disorder, is a cluster C personality disorder characterized by excessive social anxiety and inhibition, fear of intimacy (despite an intense desire for it), severe feelings of inadequacy and inferiority, and an overreliance on avoidance of feared stimuli (e.g., self-imposed social isolation) as a maladaptive coping method. [1]

  9. Impostor syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Impostor phenomenon is not recognized in the DSM or ICD, although both of these classification systems recognize low self-esteem and sense of failure as associated symptoms of depression. [ 7 ] Although impostor phenomenon is not a pathological condition, it is a distorted system of belief about oneself that can have a powerful negative impact ...