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Created by: dnatalia

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Omphalophobia is the fear of bullybuttons. Sufferers are afraid to have their bellybuttons touched, or to touch another person's belly button. The fear is often linked with the belly button's ...

Domain: Psychiatry; Category: Phobias

Gymnophobia is a fear or anxiety about being seen naked, and/or about seeing others naked, even in situations where it is socially acceptable. Gymnophobes may experience their fear of nudity before ...

Domain: Psychiatry; Category: Phobias

Basically its the fear of work, Ergasiophobia can be a persistent and debilitating disorder in some people, causing significant psychological disability and dysfunction. These individuals may ...

Domain: Psychiatry; Category: Phobias

Somniphobia comprises often irrational and excessive fear of sleep. Somniphobes may fear falling asleep because they associate going to bed with dying. It may also result from a feeling of lack of ...

Domain: Psychiatry; Category: Phobias

Ablutophobia refers to the fear for bathing washing, cleaning. This is commonly seen in people who are very emotional. Ablutophobia will make the person gets dejected himself and as a result feel ...

Domain: Psychiatry; Category: Phobias

The name for the phobia of being without mobile phone coverage was coined five years ago after researchers discovered the phenomenon. According to recent surveys, more than half of people in the UK ...

Domain: Psychiatry; Category: Phobias

Coulrophobia is an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns. It is not uncommon among children, but is also sometimes found in teenagers and adults as well. Sufferers sometimes acquire a fear of clowns ...

Domain: Psychiatry; Category: Phobias

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