A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an anxiety response. Photo: Phobia Stock Photos

Phobia of the Day: Anemophobia

A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an anxiety response.

by Garrin Lambley

07-12-2022 12:56

in Offbeat

A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an anxiety response. Photo: Phobia Stock Photos

A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving excessive and persistent fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an immediate anxiety response.

Most specific phobias fall into one of four major categories:

Fears of the natural environment
Fears related to animals
Fear related to medical treatments or issues
Fears related to specific situations

Phobia of the Day: Anemophobia, also known as ancraophobia, is the extreme fear of wind or drafts.

This phobia is most commonly the result of psychological trauma caused by negative experience with winds in the afflicted person’s past, such as things breaking aided by wind, feeling the wind unpleasantly or even annoyance of hearing sound of wind.