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Then, there is a fear of being seen and a shamefacedness, which one sees in asylums. [...] We called it scopophobia — a morbid dread of being seen. In minor degree, it is morbid shamefacedness, and the patient covers the face with his or her hands. In greater degree, the patient will shun the visitor and escape from his or her sight where ...
fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls Teratophobia fear of giving birth to a monster [38] or a disfigured foetus [39] Tetraphobia: fear of the number 4: Thalassophobia: fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean: Thanatophobia: fear of dying, a synonym of death anxiety; not to be confused with necrophobia: Thermophobia
Spectrophobia (derived from Latin: spectrum, n. specio, an appearance, form, image of a thing; an apparition, spectre) or catoptrophobia (from Greek κάτοπτρον kátoptron, "mirror") is a kind of specific phobia involving an abnormal and persistent fear of mirrors, and an anxiety about seeing one's own face reflected in them. [1]
Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia that may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, real or imagined, whether actually or potentially (for example, when performing before a camera). Performing in front of an unknown audience can cause significantly more ...
[1] [page needed] An individual walking away or hiding their face is a behavioral response from camera shyness. A physiological response to camera shyness can be shaking or an increase in heart rate. A cognitive response can be how a person remembers a terrible experience with cameras, which results in fear of being photographed or filmed.
Chris Pratt has a mini-me! On Monday, Feb. 24, the actor, 45, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss his new Netflix movie The Electric State and opened up about his 3-month-old son Ford, whom ...
So the crossword went on, but the downs didn’t make sense. I was like, “There’s no way this is a word down—it’s YLEB.” The last clue was “a chatty or talkative person,” and I said ...
Haphephobia [1] (also known as aphephobia, [1] haphophobia, [2] hapnophobia, haptephobia, [1] haptophobia, [1] [2] thixophobia, [1] aphenphosmphobia) is a specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched.