Starting last week’s work searching for information about how, as seniors, some of us avoid going to the doctor, even when we perhaps need to the most, I stumbled onto the big word latrophobia. It means fear of doctors. Those so afflicted often have it in childhood and carry it on into adult life.
What causes Iatrophobia?
Iatrophobia can be the result of many things, among them: Fear of hearing bad news or getting negative results from a medical test or exam. Anxiety about catching an illness or disease from someone else in the office or hospital. A traumatic event that occurred at the doctor’s office as a child.
Is Latrophobia the fear of doctors?
Iatrophobia causes you to fear doctors or medical tests. You may avoid seeking medical care even when you’re very sick because you have extreme anxiety or panic attacks.
What are the symptoms of Iatrophobia?
What are the signs and symptoms of iatrophobia? Some signs and symptoms of iatrophobia include nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, heart palpitations, breathlessness, excessive sweating and shaking in association with entering a healthcare setting.
What is the biggest fear of doctor?
Fear of failure
Fear of failure is the greatest fear for most physicians—and with good reason. The stakes are high in medicine, sometimes a matter of life and death. Doctors feel they need to make the right call every time. There’s no room for mistakes.
How common is Iatrophobia?
She explained that while this fear has many triggers — including having iatrophobia, the medical name for fear of doctors that affects just 3 percent of the population — the primary culprit is anxiety triggered by a fear of getting bad news.
What is Somniphobia?
Somniphobia is an irrational fear of sleep. People may worry throughout the day about not being able to sleep. This worry can cause difficulties with focus or concentration. Often, somniphobia arises from a fear of having nightmares or experiencing sleep paralysis.
How is Latrophobia treated?
A) Getting in to see a therapist that specializes in cognitive-behavioral-therapy (CBT) for phobias. Exposure therapy (the type of CBT used for phobias) sounds scary, but it really is the best option for most patients.
What is the cause of Hypnophobia?
Somniphobia causes extreme anxiety and fear around the thought of going to bed. This phobia is also known as hypnophobia, clinophobia, sleep anxiety, or sleep dread. Sleep disorders can cause some anxiety around sleeping.
What is Lepidopterophobia?
Lepidopterophobia is the fear of butterflies or moths. While some people may have a mild fear of these insects, a phobia is when you have an excessive and irrational fear that interferes with your daily life. Lepidoterophobia is pronounced lep-ah-dop-ter-a-pho-bee-ah.
What is Methyphobia?
Fear and avoidance of alcohol.
What’s the fear of darkness called?
Nyctophobia is an extreme fear of the dark.
What phobias exist?
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- Achluophobia: Fear of darkness.
- Acrophobia: Fear of heights.
- Aerophobia: Fear of flying.
- Algophobia: Fear of pain.
- Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces or crowds.
- Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects.
- Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car.
- Androphobia: Fear of men.
What is the fear of dogs called?
Cynophobia is the overwhelming fear of dogs. People with this anxiety disorder feel intense fear and anxiety when they think about, see or encounter a dog. In severe cases, this phobia can cause people to avoid places where dogs might be.
What do patients fear most?
The most common patient fears are: Infection. Incompetence. Death.
What is Megalophobia?
Megalophobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which a person experiences intense fear of large objects. 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.
Why do doctors scare you?
Doctors may use fear-based messages when counseling patients about chronic disease self-management or prevention, especially when faced with a patient we believe to be unmotivated or non-adherent.
What does Omphalophobia mean?
Omphalophobia is a type of specific phobia. Specific phobias, also called simple phobias, are extreme, persistent fears that focus on a particular thing. In this case, the focus is on the human navel, or belly button. The phobia might involve touching or seeing your own belly button, other people’s, or both.
What causes Heliophobia?
As with any anxiety disorder, phobias may have a genetic or heritable link. This may cause or worsen heliophobia. Exposure to media may also cause or exacerbate heliophobia. Constantly reading or listening to news stories about the aging effects of sunlight may cause fear of the sun in some people.
What is a Amaxophobia?
Amaxophobia (Fear of Driving) Amaxophobia (also called hamaxophobia) makes you feel anxious or fearful when you drive or ride in a vehicle, such as a car, bus or plane. With it, you have a fear of driving and may also get anxious being a passenger. This fear can interfere with work, socializing and travel.
What is Carnophobia?
a strong dislike or fear of meat. If you suffer from carnophobia, I suggest you stay away from our Sunday cook-out at Rebecca’s.
