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If this fear is inherited, it is possible that people can get rid of it by frequent exposure of heights in habituation. In other words, acrophobia could be associated with a lack of exposure to heights in early life. [13] The degree of fear varies, and the term phobia is reserved for those at the extreme end of the spectrum. Researchers have ...
fear of trees [20] [21] Dental fear, odontophobia: fear of dentists and dental procedures: Dentophobia: fear of dentists: Diagraphephobia: fear of deleting files or an extreme fear of losing your computer data. [22] Domatophobia: fear of houses: Driving phobia, driving anxiety fear of driving: Dysmorphophobia, body dysmorphic disorder
The fear of falling encompasses the anxieties accompanying the sensation and the possibly dangerous effects of falling, as opposed to the heights themselves. Those who have little fear of falling may be said to have a head for heights. Basophobia is sometimes associated with astasia-abasia, the fear of walking/standing erect.
[1] [2] Specific phobias are further divided to include certain animals, natural environment, blood or injury, and particular situations. [1] The most common are fear of spiders, fear of snakes, and fear of heights. [10] Specific phobias may be caused by a negative experience with the object or situation in early childhood to early adulthood. [1]
Fear of roller coasters, also known as veloxrotaphobia, is the extreme fear of roller coasters.It can also be informally referred to as coaster-phobia. [1]Such a fear is thought to originate from one or more of three factors: childhood trauma, fear of heights, and parental fears that “rub off” on their children. [2]
Mohawk ironworkers have worked for generations erecting New York City skyscrapers, [1] but the idea that all Mohawk people have an innate skill for doing so is a myth. [2] Unlike acrophobia, a natural fear of falling is normal. When one finds oneself in an exposed place at a great height, one normally feels one’s own posture as unstable.
Oneirophobia (from Greek όνειρο (oneiro), meaning "dream", and φόβος , meaning "fear") is the fear of dreams. It is discussed in The Dream Frontier, a book by Mark Blechner, a neuro-psychoanalyst at the William Alanson White Institute. [1]
Goose bumps can also be a response to anger or fear: the erect hairs make the animal appear larger, in order to intimidate enemies. This can be observed in the intimidation displays of chimpanzees, [ 11 ] some New World monkeys like the cotton-top tamarin , [ 12 ] in stressed mice [ 13 ] and rats, and in frightened cats.