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If you are afraid of firecrackers or rockets you may suffer from phonophobia

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The world of phobias surprises us once again by the number of stimuli that can trigger an anxiety attack. Is there something that causes you irrational fear? Beyond the more well-known phobic disorders such as arachnophobia or agoraphobia, there are fears towards the most diverse stimuli. This is the case of phonophobia or ligirophobia, which is the fear of sounds. Discover more […]

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8 Things Only Fearful People Understand

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Fear is an instinct that is useful because it alerts us to danger, but sometimes we overstep the barrier of logic and let fear paralyze us. Fear is the number 1 enemy of happiness and it makes us more vulnerable, but can fear be avoided? At the moment we don’t have the magic cure, but we do have

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Olfactophobia: Are you afraid of smells?

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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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Hate reading? Maybe you suffer from bibliophobia (fear of books)

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If some people experience an excessive love for reading and books that is known as bibliomania, others feel real panic in front of the book. It is what is known as bibliophobia, a phobic disorder that triggers anxiety and anguish and is very detrimental to the social and intellectual development of the person who suffers

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My life with paresis: I can’t urinate in a public toilet

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Paresis is a social anxiety disorder, which prevents the sufferer from urinating when there are other people around. This leads him to change his habits and behaviors so that he does not have to face the need to urinate in a public toilet. We tell you how a patient who suffers from shy bladder syndrome feels, a name

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Heliophobia: when you are afraid of the sun

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Many people still think that phobias are simple hobbies and that they could be easily changed, but none of that. A phobia is not a hobby, but a disorder that can complicate your life a lot and can isolate you. This is the case of heliophobia or fear of the sun, a problem that we talk about in our dictionary

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The fear of the navel exists: this is omphalophobia

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The fact that is not frequent or that you have not heard of it does not mean that it does not exist and that it does not entail a certain danger. This is the case of omphalophobia or fear of the navel, a disorder that is very limiting and problematic, and that must be treated as soon

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Causes of hadephobia: fear of hell

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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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Ornithophobia: Are you afraid of birds?

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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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