Phobias

Phobias

A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος,phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding despite the fear, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational.

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omphalophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Omphalophobia is the fear of bellybuttons. Refers to one being afraid of having their bellybutton touched or tugged on by themselves or other people. It is also the fear of seeing other people touch ...

ophthalmophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Ophthalmophobia, also known as scopophobia or scoptophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others.

olfactophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Olfactophobia, also known as Osmophobia refers to a fear, aversion, or psychological hypersensitivity to odors. The phobia generally occurs in chronic migraine sufferers who may have odor triggered ...

phobophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Phobophobia is a phobia defined as the fear of phobias, or the fear of fear, including intense anxiety and unrealistic and persistent fear of the somatic sensations and the feared phobia ensuing. ...

sociophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Social anxiety is anxiety (emotional discomfort, fear, apprehension, or worry) about social situations, interactions with others, and being evaluated or scrutinized by other people. The difference ...

spectrophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Spectrophobia (from Latin: spectrum, "ghost") is a kind of specific phobia involving a morbid fear of mirrors and one's own reflections. Catoptrophobia ( form the word catoptric meaning using a ...

stygiophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Stygiophobia is the fear of Hell. The word is derived from the Greek words Stygios meaning hell, which is derived from the River Styx over which souls were carried into the underworld, and phobos ...