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  2. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Trypophobia - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Fear or disgust of objects with repetitive patterns of small holes or protrusions Not to be confused with Trypanophobia. The holes in lotus seed heads elicit feelings of discomfort or repulsion in some people. Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of ...

  4. Fear of needles - Wikipedia

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    The diagnosis criteria for BII phobias are stricter, with an estimated 3-4% prevalence in the general population, and this also includes blood-related phobias. [ 2 ] Prevalence of fear of needles has been increasing, with two studies showing an increase among children from 25% in 1995 to 65% in 2012 (for those born after 1999). [ 3 ]

  5. Trypanophobia - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 23 August 2012, at 16:07 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  6. ‘This Is Not A Love Story’ by Huffington Post

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    A scary, sobering look at fatal domestic violence in the United States

  7. Fear of medical procedures - Wikipedia

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    These fears are seldom diagnosed or treated, as they are often extinguished into adulthood and do not often develop into phobias preventing individuals from seeking medical attention. Formally, medical fear is defined as "any experience that involves medical personnel or procedures involved in the process of evaluating or modifying health ...

  8. Psychosocial treatment of needle phobia in children - Wikipedia

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    While needle phobia is not age-specific, it is more common in children than in adults. The latest research from all fields indicates that needle-fear is predominant among children fears with some research claiming that up to 93% of children experience [needle-related] stress."

  9. Frank Wycheck, late Titans star, diagnosed with CTE after ...

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    Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) more than a year after his death at the age of 52, his family revealed.. Wycheck died on ...