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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.
Gephyrophobia: fear of bridges: Genophobia, coitophobia: fear of sexual intercourse: Genuphobia: fear of knees or the act of kneeling Gerascophobia: fear of growing old or aging: Gerontophobia: fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly Globophobia: fear of balloons: Glossophobia: fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak ...
Treatment Systematic desensitisation, exposure therapy, counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy, medication Thalassophobia (from Ancient Greek θάλασσα ( thálassa ) 'sea' and φόβος ( phóbos ) 'fear') [ 1 ] is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water , such as the ocean , seas , or lakes .
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east.
The black market in rhinoceros horns (driven not just by TCM but also unrelated status-seeking) has reduced the world's rhino population by more than 90 percent over the past 40 years. [148] Concerns have also arisen over the use of pangolin scales, [ 149 ] turtle plastron , [ 150 ] seahorses, [ 151 ] and the gill plates of mobula and manta rays .
The Seattle Weekly specifically cited the fear of youth as the driving factor behind Seattle, Washington's now-defunct Teen Dance Ordinance. [20] The government of Prime Minister Tony Blair introduced the Anti-Social Behaviour Order in 1998, which has also been attributed directly to a fear of youth.
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]