This phobia of losing someone you love is called thanatophobia. Thanatophobia is formed from the greek works thanto, which means death, and phobia, which means fear. Another meaning of thanatophobia is the fear of death, but it can also apply to the fear of losing someone you love.
Thanatophobia is an extreme fear of death or the dying process. You might be scared of your own death or the death of a loved one. Psychotherapy can help most people overcome this disorder. Appointments 866.588.2264. Request an Appointment.
'Sarmassophobia is a fear of dating and relationships,' explains Krystal Woodbridge, Psychosexual Therapist and Relationship Counsellor. 'It very often comes from childhood experiences. That can happen when, as a child, you have been neglected a lot.
Algophobia is a fear of pain. It's common in people with chronic pain syndromes who may be afraid that their pain will return or get worse. Most people can manage pain-related fear with a combination of psychotherapy, exercise and exposure therapy. Appointments 866.588.2264.
This fear of loss can be triggered by the anxiety that has been associated with many events happening in our everyday life. It can be fear of loss of passion, a fear of loss of your ambition, may be even fear of loss of self-confidence or even fear of losing a person by reasons other than death.
When fears and stress trigger from injury situations, you may have traumatophobia. The fears are deep-rooted in worries of another injury. As you suffer from traumatophobia, you may relive your injury as anxiety builds of going through the same pain and trauma.
1. Arachibutyrophobia (Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth) Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. While the phenomenon has happened to everyone at one point or another, people with arachibutyrophobia are extremely afraid of it.
Frigophobia is a phobia pertaining to the fear of becoming too cold. Frigophobia is a condition that appears mainly in the Chinese culture. Sufferers of this problem bundle up in heavy clothes and blankets, regardless of the ambient air temperature.
Signs of nosophobia include: Avoiding people or places to lower your risk of getting a disease. Constantly researching a specific disease and its symptoms. Extreme anxiety about your health.
Relationship anxiety refers to feelings of doubt, insecurity, nonstop worry, and a need for constant reassurance that sometimes occurs during a relationship. Such anxiety may have roots in early childhood attachments and is often a sign of an insecure attachment style.
The fear of falling (FOF), also referred to as basophobia (or basiphobia), is a natural fear and is typical of most humans and mammals, in varying degrees of extremity.
Panophobia or the fear of everything phobia might sound bizarre, but it does exist in the list of non-specific phobias. It is known by other names like Omniphobia or Pantophobia. Panto stands for 'all or everything' in the Greek language.
When faced with the extreme fear of medical procedures, you might have tomophobia. These irrational fears must interfere with personal relationships, work, and school, and prevent someone from enjoying life. One's functioning must be impaired to meet the criteria of a specific phobia.
You may experience waves of intense and very difficult emotions, ranging from profound sadness, emptiness, and despair to shock, numbness, guilt, or regret. You might rage at the circumstances of your loved one's death—your anger focused on yourself, doctors, other loved ones, or God.
Losing those fundamental feelings of safety and trust can lead to anxiety and fear. You may even feel like the world is unsafe and unpredictable or question your faith. The overwhelming stress can lead to long-term psychological trauma, and in more severe cases, post-traumatic stress disorder.
When someone we really love is taken from us, we are saddened. Although we know that we cannot bring back the past, we ache and hurt because we want their comforting presence in our lives forever. It is very important to grieve when we lose someone. Grieving makes us tender and brings us close to our heart.
Love evokes fond feelings and actions toward the other person, particularly. Attachment is driven by how you feel about yourself with the degree of permanence and safety someone gives you, based on your past relationships. In other words, with love, your person is “the one” you have feelings for.
Passionate love feels like instant attraction with a bit of nervousness. It's the "feeling of butterflies in your stomach,"Lewandowski says. "It's an intense feeling of joy, that can also feel a bit unsure because it feels so strong."
A person with megalophobia experiences intense fear and anxiety when they think of or are around large objects such as large buildings, statues, animals and vehicles. They often avoid situations or places that have large objects.
Signs that your social anxiety is specific to scopophobia include: feeling discomfort when people look at you. worrying excessively about blushing. assuming that other people are watching you.