Phobia is a natural stimuli found in every living species on Earth. Phobias are technically natural psychological defensive measures.
For example, the fear of Spiders and snakes exists in humans as a defence mechanism against being poisoned by them.
Unnatural phobias, such as the phobia of long words and the phobia of lawsuits, are usually caused by witnessing or being scarred by a life-changing event.
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You can have a phobia about anything. If mean is there a name for a phobia of pills then that would come under Pharmacophobia or a fear of medicines.
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"fist-a-phobia" comes from the film 'Midnight Run'. It was a term that Robert DeNiro's character used in the film.
There is not a phobia about popcorn, but about germs. Some people are afraid of the germs that may come with sharing a bowl or bucket of popcorn.
Phobia comes from the Greek φόβος, phóbos, meaning fear or morbid fear.The language is Greek.
Phobis, the god of fear.
Phobia comes from the Greek φόβος, phóbos, meaning fear or morbid fear.The language is Greek.
I, suffering from this same phobia, had to come up with the word for it myself. I call it Invertophobia.
Social Phobia is the phobia of embarrassment. It is the phobia in which a person is scared of being bullied.
The irrational fear is called a phobia; the experience or object that triggers a phobia could be called a phobic experience or object.