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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 ...
Gephyrophobia is the anxiety disorder or specific phobia characterized by the fear of bridges and tunnels, especially those that are older.As a result, sufferers of gephyrophobia may avoid routes that will take them over bridges, or if they are a passenger, will act very apprehensively when passing over a bridge.
A specific phobia is a marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Specific phobias may also include fear of losing control, panicking, and fainting from an encounter with the phobia. [1] Specific phobias are defined concerning objects or situations, whereas social phobias emphasize social fear and the evaluations that might accompany ...
In “The Flip Side of Fear”, we look at some common phobias, like sharks and flying, but also bats, germs and strangers. We tried to identify the origin of these fears and why they continue to exist when logic tells us they shouldn’t.
The individual must feel this fear every time they are exposed to deep or open water; The individual either avoids the ocean or other open bodies of water or endure them with intense fear; The individual's fear of large bodies of water limits and interferes with their normal functioning; The individual's fear has been present for six months or ...
Oikophobia (Greek: oîkos, 'house, household' + phóbos, 'fear'; related to domatophobia and ecophobia [1]) is an aversion to a home environment, or an abnormal fear of one's home [2] and also a tendency to criticize or reject one's own culture and praise other cultures. [3]
Balloon phobia or globophobia is a fear of balloons. [2] The most common source of fear is the sound of balloons popping, but individuals can also be triggered by their texture and smell. [1] Generally, people with globophobia will refuse to touch, feel, smell, or go near a balloon for fear it will burst. [3]
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions. Human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves. Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport.