Symptoms and Causes But most believe it's caused by a combination of: Genetics: Some people have a family history of anxiety and specific fears. Learning disability: A learning disability such as dyslexia or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can cause stress and lead to fear of books.
Bibliophobia is the fear or hatred of books. Such fear often arises from fear of the effect books can have on society or culture. Bibliophobia is a common cause of censorship and book burning.
The APA estimates that up to 9% of the population has a simple phobia. Bibliophobia causes an excessive and overwhelming fear of books. Just thinking about reading a book can trigger the anxiety in some people.
Psychologists call this process fear conditioning. Fear conditioning occurs when the brain associates a neutral stimulus, such as being called up to read out loud, with a negative stimulus, such as being laughed at by classmates.
A note from Cleveland Clinic
Bibliophobia is an anxiety disorder that involves an intense fear of books or reading. Severe cases can cause symptoms, disrupt everyday life and affect your success in school and work. Working with a therapist and practicing techniques to manage anxiety can help.
Octophobia is an intense fear of the number 8 (eight). People with octophobia experience anxiety when they think about or see the number 8.
As we age, we produce much less adrenaline, which can cause racing hearts and dizziness. This means the intense fears we may have experienced in youth no longer trouble us as much. However, older people often experience a greater sense of vulnerability, so things like heights or big crowds become more of an issue.
We are born with only two innate fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. A 1960 study evaluated depth perception among 6- to14-month-old infants, as well as young animals.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long words. Sesquipedalophobia is another term for the phobia.
Etymology. From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with ad hoc combining forms of monstrum (“monster”) and hippopotamus (intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared), + -phobia.
Social phobias are the most common type of fear. They are considered an anxiety disorder and include excessive self-consciousness in social situations. Some people can fear being judged so much they avoid specific situations, like eating in front of others. Up to one in 20 people have a social phobia.
Fear of loss is most likely one of the most prominent and powerful fears that is holding you back. The biggest fear of loss often stimulates negative emotions like anger that stop you from being the person you can be.
Phobias can develop around any object or situation. Some people may experience multiple phobias.
- The average age of onset is 19, with 25% of cases occurring by age 14. One-third of affected adults first experienced symptoms in childhood.
Phobias can happen in early childhood. But they are often first seen between ages 15 and 20. They affect both men and women equally. But men are more likely to seek treatment for phobias.
Definitions of cryophobia. a morbid fear of freezing. type of: simple phobia. any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli.
Xanthophobia, fear of the color yellow.
Pantophobia refers to a widespread fear of everything. Pantophobia is no longer an official diagnosis. But people do experience extreme anxiety triggered by many different situations and objects.
Arachnophobia is the most common phobia – sometimes even a picture can induce feelings of panic. And lots of people who aren't phobic as such still avoid spiders if they can.
Any uncontrolled, persistent, irrational fear that is accompanied by a compelling desire to avoid the object, activity, or situation that provokes the fear, is called a phobia. As far as the brain is concerned it is no different from PTSD. The same neuronal pathways are involved.