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What age can you have mysophobia?
12
What is mysophobia?
Mysophobia - from the Greek "musos', meaning filth, means an abnormal fear of dirt or contamination.
What is the fear if dirt called?
Misophobia or Mysophobia.
What is a person that is afraid of germs called?
Mysophobia
How do you cure mysophobia?
psychotherapy, exposure therapy and medication
What percentage of people suffer from mysophobia?
It is estimated that around 1-3% of the population may suffer from mysophobia, which is a fear of germs or contamination. Symptoms can vary in severity from person to person.
What is Bacillophobia?
This is the fear of germs. It is also termed as mysophobia, germophobia, germaphobia and bacterophobia.
What is the fear of trashcans called?
Mysophobia = fear of dirt Germaphobia = fear of germs
What is medical term for clean freak?
Mysophobia: fear of germs or dirt
What phobia is the fear of germs?
Verminophobia is the name of the phobia relating to the fear of germs I thought it was Mysophobia
Is there a word that means being obsessed with cleaning the kitchen sink?
While there isn't a term quite so specific, mysophobia is a term used by medical professionals to describe a pathological fear of microbes or contamination. Such a fear often results in sanitation and hygiene fixations. Mysophobia is often a symptom of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.
What does the prefix mys mean?
Well, the Greek prefix 'Myso-' means 'unclean'; for example, mysophobia is the fear of dirt, germs, or filth.
