If some phobias focus on real and specific things, others focus on abstractions, feelings, or even imaginations. This is the case of hadephobia or fear of hell, a place that, until no one proves otherwise, is only in our imagination. In our dictionary of phobias we talk about the problems caused by hadephobia: what is it? What is its cause? And […]
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There is a great deal of controversy surrounding medications. While on the one hand they alert us to the risk of self-medication, on the other hand there are those who deny any medication, even vaccines. And indeed, medications are not without their side effects, but in most cases they are absolutely necessary to regain health. Few times in
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We never get tired of insisting that phobias are not hobbies or peculiarities of character. Phobias are a problem that must be treated as soon as possible because they soon begin to affect all areas of life. Social life is the first to wear out when a phobia appears, which is why we are analyzing
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There are some phobias that can go almost unnoticed because you almost never have to face the stimulus that causes fear. Others, on the other hand, are very limiting if the focus of your panic is something habitual and you can find it anywhere. This is the case of amatophobia or fear of dust, a disorder
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Some rare and little-known phobias do not cease to amaze us. If we are already used to hearing about claustrophobia, agoraphobia or arachnophobia, other phobias cause us some disbelief, like that phobia of love, for example. And what about the money? In our dictionary of phobias we talk about crematophobia or fear of money. What is crematophobia? Crematophobia is
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Some phobias that have inevitable concepts as their object of panic do not cease to amaze us. This is the case of barophobia or fear of gravity, that force that keeps us with our feet on the ground and that due to its own immensity can cause excessive terror. What is barophobia? Barophobia is the fear of gravity, of
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Some phobias have similarities between them, although they differ by the main stimulus. This is the case of enochlophobia, which is the fear of crowds of people and can often be confused with agoraphobia. It is not the same and you can discover their differences in our dictionary of phobias. What is enochlophobia? Enochlophobia or demophobia is
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We have heard of many phobias toward animals, especially towards spiders, and we can fully understand them. However, there are others that are stranger to us, such as ornithophobia or fear of birds. Yes, in addition to a very common nightmare, birds can also be the protagonists of a phobic disorder and we will tell you about
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Do you like the kisses? Kissing is an act of love and affection. It might seem that everyone likes kisses, giving them and receiving them, but it is not so. There are people who suffer from filemaphobia, which is nothing more than an irrational and excessive fear of kissing. Such people try by all means to avoid what other people so
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Some phobias do not cease to amaze us, especially those related to nature. Hilophobia or fear of forests is a phobic disorder that can limit your life even if you manage to avoid the stimulus that causes panic. In our dictionary of phobias we are talking about the causes of homophobia. What is hilophobia? Hilophobia is the fear of
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