We have a hard time understanding some phobias, while for others we show more empathy. This is the case of carcinophobia or fear of cancer, a phobic disorder that must be overcome because it makes the life of the person who suffers it hell. But who is not afraid of cancer? Discover in our dictionary of phobias what carcinophobia […]
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Some curious and, luckily, rare phobias although we are used to hearing about arachnophobia, claustrophobia or agoraphobia, there are other phobic disorders that leave us speechless. And we talk about words when we talk about hippopotamus’s quipedaliophobia, specifically long words. The phobia of long words The phobia of long words is called hippopotomonstroses quipedaliophobia, a term so
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Of all the phobias out there, some we manage to understand better while others surprise us a lot. This is the case of Selacophobia or fears of the moon, a disorder that some people suffer from and that causes them unbearable anxiety when they see the moon or even when they think about it. In our phobia we tell
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Many phobias respond to unexpected stimuli, such as being started by a loud noise. Ligyrophobia is the fear of loud noises, such as explosions, for example, and it is one of those phobias that can be more easily understood. However, it should be clarified that the fright or discomfort caused by a loud noise is not enough for
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The world of phobias covers all areas of life. There are more general phobias and more specific phobias; there are phobias to a specific object and there are phobias to a certain situation. On this occasion we talk about aerophobia or fear of loneliness. But not that fear of loneliness that we have all felt at some time, but a phobia
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Some of the most surprising phobias, the ones you couldn’t even imagine existed, make life quite difficult for some people. This is the case of lacanophobia or fear of vegetables, a disorder that goes beyond food preferences and that is combined with anxiety to become a very limiting problem. What is lacanophobia? Lakanophobia is the fear of vegetables, vegetables
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There are all kinds of phobias and some are better known than others. Some are even spoken of slightly, such as when you say you have arachnophobia because you are repulsed by spiders. But the phobia is actually an emotional disorder that can cause major complications in your life. Discover in our dictionary of phobias what
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When we talk about some phobias, it is common to hear comments in a joking tone, but a phobic disorder is no joke. It happens, for example, with ergophobia or fear of work, a horrible problem that goes far beyond not liking your job or that your boss makes your life impossible every morning. Do you want to know
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There are all kinds of phobias and many are related to communication. This is the case of lalophobia, an irrational fear of conversing or speaking with someone that differs from that classic fear of public speaking that we all suffer to a greater or lesser extent. Are you afraid to speak? Maybe you have this phobic
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Can you have of a number? You can, especially if it is linked to superstition and its negative symbolism has been promoted from various sociocultural fields. In our phobia we tell you everything about the fear of the number 666, a phobia with an almost unpronounceable name that is mixed with religious beliefs, numerology and superstition. Do you
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