Whether we like it or not, religion is part of our cultural context and that is why it continues to have a certain influence on our lives. Sometimes for the better and other times for the worse, since there are some phobias related to the religious sphere, such as Papa phobia, which can greatly complicate the […]
Papa phobia: Can you be afraid of the Pope? Read More »
If with some phobias we are surprised, with others we feel more identified. This is the case of necrophobia or fear of the dead and everything related to them, an almost universal fear that we all have to a greater or lesser extent. We tell you in our phobia dictionary everything you need to know about necrophobia. What is necrophobia? Necrophobia
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None of us like unpleasant smells, but that is not a problem in our daily lives as it happens to people who suffer from olfactophobia. The fear of smells is a phobic disorder that can be very limiting and affects the physical and mental health of the person who suffers from it. What is olfactophobia? Olfactophobia is
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In the end, they are all phobias, but this disorder also has its typology. Faced with social phobias and generalized phobias, there are specific phobias, which are the most frequent. Most of the phobias we have heard about and those others that surprise us are actually a specific phobia disorder; do you want to know
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Tradition says that you have to fear the number 13 by itself or related to some days of the week like Tuesday or Friday. It over time that causes the same problems and the same limitations as any other phobic disorder. If you want to know more about triskaidekaphobia or the fear of the number
Triskaidekaphobia or fear of the number 13: Superstition or fear? Read More »
There are phobias that are related to traffic, but it is not necessary that you are driving the car to suffer from it. As a pedestrian, you may also experience an irrational fear when crossing a street. And if they run over you? In our phobia we talk about agyrophobia or the fear of crossing
Are you afraid to cross the street? Causes of agyrophobia Read More »
We need good sleep to have restful sleep and for the cycle of our life to continue. We need a good sleep to wake up the next day with all the energy and this need is well known by people who suffer from insomnia and cannot sleep. But there is a group of people that it is
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The world of phobias sometimes surprises us with very particular fears and it is very tempting to take it as a joke. This is the case of penteraphobia or fear of the mother-in-law, a phobic disorder with very negative consequences for the life of the person who suffers from it and which many people find unlikely. In our dictionary of phobias
Penteraphobia: Are you afraid of your mother-in-law? Read More »
You may like one type of music more than another, you may be one of the people who love music and need it even to survive, of those who do not understand their life without music. But there are also people who pay little or no attention to music except on certain occasions. Our relationship
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There are phobias whose stimulus can be an animal, an object, an environmental situation or even a feeling. Actually, everything can be a reason for phobia, since it is a disorder in which any stimulus is considered dangerous. We are surprised by atazagoraphobia, which we talk about in our dream dictionary and which is the fear of oblivion. What is
The fear of being forgotten or being forgotten is called atazagoraphobia. Read More »
