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phobic reaction — noun : a psychoneurosis in which the principal symptom is a phobia … Useful english dictionary
phobic — [[t]fo͟ʊbɪk[/t]] phobics 1) ADJ A phobic feeling or reaction results from or is related to a strong, irrational fear or hatred of something. Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs. 2) ADJ GRADED Someone who is phobic has a strong,… … English dictionary
Phobia — A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος, Phóbos, meaning fear or morbid fear ) is a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically… … Wikipedia
Anxiety — Anxiety and phobic thinking may be normal emotions, distinct clusters of symptoms ( syndromes *), or diseases in the sense of distinct illness entities. In psychoanalysis, anxiety is used as a theoretical term, the presumed unconscious… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Anxiety and Phobias — Anxiety and phobic thinking may be normal emotions, distinct clusters of symptoms ( syndromes *), or diseases in the sense of distinct illness entities. In psychoanalysis, anxiety is used as a theoretical term, the presumed unconscious… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Hematophobia — An abnormal and persistent fear of blood is called hematophobia. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own blood, the sight of the blood of another person or an animal, and sometimes printed or filmed images of blood or… … Medical dictionary
Hemophobia — An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own blood, the sight of the blood of another person or an animal, and sometimes printed or filmed images of blood or even thoughts of blood.… … Medical dictionary
List of psychology topics — This page aims to list all topics related to psychology. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. It is also to see the gaps in Wikipedia s coverage of the… … Wikipedia
Fear of blood — An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own blood, the sight of the blood of another person or an animal, and sometimes printed or filmed images of blood or even thoughts of blood.… … Medical dictionary
mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… … Universalium
