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Eisoptrophobia is the name of the phobia related to the fear of mirrors.
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What phobia is the fear of pictures?
There does not appear to be a scientific name for the fear of pictures. However, looking at yourself in a picture can be similar to viewing your image in a mirror. Perhaps the aversion or fear stems from one of those.The phobia that describes a fear of oneself is Autophobia.The phobia that describes a fear of mirrors is Catoptrophobia.
What is the scientific name for the fear of your reflection?
Spectrophobia (from Latin: spectrum, "ghost") is a kind of specific phobia involving a morbid fear of mirrors and one's own reflections. Catoptrophobia (from the word catoptric meaning using a mirror to focus light; from Greek word katoptrikos ) is the fear of mirrors. This phobia is distinct from Eisoptrophobia, which is the fear of your own reflection.
Is there a phobia for mirrors in the dark?
The fear of mirrors often has to do with insecurity about one's physical appearance. Their appearance may be a trigger for some root issue and others have a dysmorphic disorder that alters their perception.
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 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.
What phobia is the fear of failing?
Atychiphobia (kakorrhaphiophobia, fear of failure, fear of failing, failure phobia).
What is the phobia of Allah?
Theophobia- the irrational fear of a god or deity. Remember its only a phobia if its an "irrational" fear, a normal healthy fear is not a phobia.
What phobia means fear of immigrants?
There is no medical term or phobia name for the fear of immigrants.However a similar phobia called Xenophobia is the fear of foreigners.
When was Fear of Mirrors created?
Fear of Mirrors was created in 1998.
