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: Barophobia
A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an anxiety response.
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: Barophobia is the fear of gravity.
They worry that gravity will cause a fall that leads to serious injury or death.
Or they fear that gravity may topple a heavy object onto them.
A person with barophobia may also be frightened of images of outer space where gravity doesn’t exist.
This week’s phobias:
Tuesday, 15 November – Ablutophobia
Wednesday, 16 November
Thursday, 17 November
Friday, 18 November
Do you have a phobia you suffer from that you’d like to share?
If so, send an email to info@thesouthafrican.com or a WhatsApp to 060 011 0211 and we’ll publish the ones that we feel are most interesting!
You can also follow @TheSAnews on Twitter and The South African on Facebook for all the latest phobias.
