Tag: phobia

Trypanophobia

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Trypanophobia comes from the Greek words trypano  meaning to bore as in to inject or puncture and phobia is of course fear.

needle

Apparently this condition was officially recognised as a phobia in 1994.

I knew of someone  who is now in his 50s and had a pathological fear of injections as a child 40+ years ago.  So much so that he did not get to have the prescribed dose of BCG to fight off tuberculosis!

He said that his  fear of injections was so severe that he had to have a consultation with a child psychiatrist.  But then again hypodermic needles were a fearsome size and scared many adults as kids!

Over the years, technological advances have made needles much thinner and therefore more user-friendly but the scare-factor has not completely been eradicated.

 

Selenophobia

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Selenophobia

Selenophobia apparently is fear of the moon.  It comes from the Greek words “seleno” meaning moon and “phobia” is of course  fear.

The fear is not solely towards the moon but more on the superstitions attached to the different phases of the moon.  Let say, what would the full moon mean?  Will an ordinary loving husband, boyfriend, son, friend or even the milkman next door suddenly turns into a werewolf?   This is just one of the many worries of a selenophobe.  It is scary!!! LOL

Did you know?

In the 1600s, pregnant women were advised against looking at the moon.  It was believed that the moon may make the unborn child man, hence the term lunatic!

Friday the 13th – Paraskavedekatriaphobia.

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Apparently Friday the 13th can bring intense dread to some people and some are actually phobic to it.

The fear of this day is called paraskavedekatriaphobia and it actually exist.

Friday the 13th – Paraskavedekatriaphobia.

The people who suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia are anxious that the day will bring them bad luck, and therefore, there are practically paralysed with fear, breathlessness, shaking, palpitation, inability to think, excessive sweating, dry mouth and losing control.  They fear for their life.

First step in combatting this fear is to know that you are not alone; that many are afflicted with this phobia.

I must admit I have a fear of spelling it. I dare not type it again. LOL

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Hey!

If you are not superstitious, Friday the 13th is the best time to fly.  Most seats are empty.  You can have the cabin all to yourself, apparently!

What is Lygophobia?

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What is Lygophobia?

Lygophobia is a fear of gloomy or dark places. The word was derived from the Greek word Lygo which means shadow or darkness.

I suffered a mild lygophobia back in 1981.

I remember it like yesterday. It was the day when schools around Metro Manila were tasked to go and line up in Roxas Boulevard to await the arrival of the then Pope. Pope John Paul II. We were told to stand there quietly and when the Pope had arrived we were to shout Totus Tuus (Totally Yours).

But we waited and waited from 10:00 am in the blistering sun by the Manila de Bay. It was almost 2:00 pm but still no sign of the Pope. We cannot take the heat any longer, so my friends and I went to a nearby museum. I think it was the Metropolitan Art Museum. It was so dark inside, frighteningly so. You have to walk slowly guided by a rope to go from painting to painting. You have to have pretty good eyesight to appreciate the arts as they were corded up at least a couple of meters away, ensuring that they can’t be touched. Pretty different from the great museums of the world where you can go near and be face to face with life-size great works of art.

Anyway, the museum was so dark that it was not inviting. It was huge but it felt like being in a suffocating cavernous cave. No wonder ordinary Filipinos were not natural museum-goers then. I don’t know if this is still the case.

What is Chrimatophobia?

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What is Chrimatophobia?

There are days in the month when I suffer from Chrimatophobia.

But what is chrimatophobia, I hear you ask!!!

Well, apparently it is an aversion of anything to do with personal or even business finance. The root words are both Greek in origin. Chrima means finance and phobia is fear.

Anyway, when I come back from work and see my bank and credit card statements which have been posted through the letterbox, I go to great lengths to ignore them. Hide them under flower pots or under the stair carpets. I only open them when I am in a happy frame of mind or if I have to have to. Bad habit!!!