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The fear darkness goes by many names but the most common seem to be Nyctophobia and Scotophobia. The fear of dreams is known as Oneirophobia.
Nyctophobia and Scotophobia are terms relating to fear of the dark.
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What is the fear of nightmares?
Do you mean what is the name of the phobia for the fear of nightmares?
What phobia is the fear of nightmares?
Oneirophobia
What is the phobia of the dark?
Nyctophobia is a phobia characterized by a frenzied fear of the darkness. It is triggered by the mind's disfigured perception of what would or could happen when in a dark environment.Fear of the dark is nyctophobia.
What phobia is the fear of someone behind you called?
That is called a startle reaction. It is not a phobia. Severe startle reactions are often related to childhood trauma.
What is the root word phobia?
The suffix -phobia refers to a fear of a certain object or concept. The prefix is dependent on what fear one is referring to. This website contains a large list of different phobias and their prefixes. http://www.phobialist.com
Fear of nightmares?
im not an expert but , i think everyone has a fear of nightmares.
What exaggerated fear of a specific situation?
The irrational fear is called a phobia; the experience or object that triggers a phobia could be called a phobic experience or object.
What do you call a person who is afraid of the dark?
A person who is afraid of the dark has a phobia called nyctophobia...So a person with nyctophobia would be called a nyctophobic.Most all children have some degree of nyctophobia which they eventually grow out of,however 1 in 25 children will carry the phobia in to adult life.
What phobia is the fear of crickets?
the only phobia of the fear of crickets is crickephobia
What phobia is the fear of blueberries?
Bebuphobia...that is the fear or phobia of blueberries.
What is the definition of phobia?
To have a phobia is to have a fear.
What is mud phobia?
Mud Phobia is the phobia (fear) of mud. Its called mysophobia, myso meaning mud and phobia meaning fear.
