A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος,Phobos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding despite the fear, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational.
Social Phobias
These anxiety disorders are triggered by certain types of people, relationships, and social situations.
Social Phobias
These anxiety disorders are triggered by certain types of people, relationships, and social situations.
- Venustraphobia: Also known as caligynephobia, this is the fear of beautiful women, and may be caused by low self-confidence or putting too much pressure on appearances.
- Anthropophobia: This phobia literally refers to the fear of people but can also mean the fear of having company.
- Aphephobia: This phobia causes people to feel afraid when touched.
- Autodysomophobia: If you have a bad or "vile" odor, you may trigger someone who has autodysomophobia.
- Deinpnophobia: Dinner parties, dining and dinner conversation are all off limits for people who suffer from this phobia.
- Nomophobia: This modern phobia affects people who are very afraid of losing cell phone contact.
- Soteriophobia: Some seriously independent-minded individuals may have soteriophobia, or the fear of becoming dependent on someone else.
- Sociophobia: Those who fear being judged by society suffer from sociophobia.
- Gamophobia: It’s not just an excuse: some people actually have a valid fear of getting married.
- Syngenesophobia: While there are certainly jokes about scary stepmothers or in-laws, this phobia refers to the fear of all relatives.
- Ecclesiophobia: The fear of church and going to church is called ecclesiophobia.
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