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PHOBIAS

Arachibutyrophobia

- fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof,

of the mouth

-typical American mental illness

-age + place: the USA - children: must eat bread with peanut butter, but a lot of them hate it

symptoms: sticking to the palate

real problem: you can't swallow or spit out

Necrophobia

• Fear of death or dead things
• Dread
• Cultural meaning: spirits of dead - return
• Symptoms
• Frequent
• Not religious people
• Treatment
• Chin Shi Huang-ti

Arachnophobia

• Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions
• It affects 3.5-6.1% of the population
• i. e.: Justin Timberlake and Emma Stone
• Emma Stone played a female role in Spiderman movie
• People scream, cry, having breath and heart problems even they see a web, drawing of a spider or know that the spiders are nearby
• It can be treated by relaxation techniques and different therapies modelling the situation of being in contact with spider
• It is a cultural rather than genetic trait because in some countries people eat spiders(South-America, Papua New-Guinea)

Lachanophobia

meaning: fear of vegetables

origin: lachno: vegetable + phobia (fear) both Greek (meaning vegetable)

trauma - precedents:

- dislike of vegetables

- forced vegetable eating

- punishment of parents

- fear of worms (caterpillars)

The perfectly formidable vegetable...

Treatment

- hypnotherapy

- psychotherapy

- acupuncture

- yoga

- energy medicine

Chronophobia

- fear of time

- specific phobia

- Rosemary Stolz

- Greek word

Causes

- stress

- prison

- anxiety

- old age

- traumatic experience

- genetics

- fear of death

Symptons

Causes

- panic

- anxiety

- claustrophobia

- shaking

- shortness of breath

- excessive sweating

- irregular heartbeats

- stress

- prison

- anxiety

- old age

- traumatic experience

- genetics

- fear of death

Chronophobia

- fear of time

- specific phobia

- Rosemary Stolz

- Greek word

Causes

- stress

- prison

- anxiety

- old age

- traumatic experience

- genetics

- fear of death

Symptons

- panic

- anxiety

- claustrophobia

- shaking

- shortness of breath

- excessive sweating

- irregular heartbeats

Chronophobia

Treatment

- hypnotherapy

- psychotherapy

- acupuncture

- yoga

- energy medicine

Ablutophobia

• fear of bathing, or cleaning, toiletries.
• linked to a traumatic past event with the bathing
• It'happend with you or you saw in the TV.
• symptoms:Uncontrollable reactions in response to the fear
• Rapid heartbeat
• Shortness of breath
• Trembling
• Extreme avoidance
• treatment:psychology, to confront the feared object in controlled situations.

ACHLUOPHOBIA

• the fear of the darkness
• also called: lygophobia, myctophobia
• also fear of imagined dangers concealed by darkness
• the sufferers: usually children and young people
• Symptoms:
• lost mental balance
• irregular heartbeat
• sleepless nights
• inability to speak and think properly
• if you a witness in a dangerous scene during your childhood --> the fear have been there ever and the darkness can develop that fear.

Nosocomephobia

• Fear of hospitals

• somebody has had a disturbing heart break , scary or painful past

• symptoms: panic attack , shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling, sweating

• treatment: It can be cured relatively quickly Medicines, psychotherapy and self-help techniques