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Western Carolinian Volume 72 Number 07

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  • Phobias By Rachel Mitchell Wenewsmagazine Webster Dictionary defines a phobia as, an exaggerated, usually inexplicable and illogical, fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation. Most people have a fear of some kind, whether its the dark, snakes, spiders, heights or certain people. Then there are some phobias that take it to the next level. These are the phobias that are not as well known but leave some scratching their heads. Phobias are a continuously growing category. New phobias are created as a culture changes such as electrophobia which is fear of electricity and aviophobia which is fear of flying. These phobias develop as technology moves forward and new things are being created. Phobias are often linked to a traumatic experience or some dramatic event that a person experienced. However, the word phobia does not only mean a fear of something. It can also mean an inability to do something, like hydrophobia, which normally means a general fear of water but can also indicate the inability to drink water because of illness. Children can be affected the most because by these experiences can often be carried into adulthood. Children often suffer from clinophobia, which is a fear of going to bed because of bogyphobia, which is a fear of the bogeyman. Achluophobia, the fear of darkness, is one phobia that can often remain with children even into adulthood. Lachanophobia, the fear of vegetables, can be blamed for children not eating their vegetables. For college students, they can blame pa a {100 & chronophobia, which is fear of time, or chronomentrophobia, which is the fear of clocks, for being late to class or missing a due date. For all those students who never read their textbooks or reading assignments, blame bibliophobia, the fear of books. The ultimate excuse for a college student missing classes or doing schoolwork is didaskaleinophobia, the fear of school. Then there are the hilarious phobias that are so irrational that it doesnt seem like they could be real or the ironic ones. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia has 36 letters and, in an almost spiteful definition, means a fear of long words. With the word being so long, it almost seems that the ones that diagnosed it thought it would be a good way to face their fears. Peanut butter can be a sticky mess but a tasty treat, but not if you have arachibutyrophobia, which is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. There is also a phobia that covers everything. Panophobia is the fear of everything and can be one of the most crippling phobias because of the extremes someone has to face to overcome their problems. After seeing movies such as IT some may develop coulrophobia, which is fear of clowns. This is one phobia that is present in children and is sometimes carried into adulthood. Phobias can dramatically affect a person's social life, education, and the way that they function in society. They can be hard to overcome and are often treated by the patient changing their negative thought patterns towards the phobia. Medication has also proven to help some people. Though some phobias are a critical problem for those who have them, there are some phobias that are so hilarious that they are hard to take seriously. photo by: laura greene
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