What is the phobia of hair dryers called?
electrotrichothermoxerophobia Yep, Thats Right. I Think.. I Hope This Is A serious question, because I just actually resarched that, and now when my sister goes on my laptop, she will see that i searched 'what is the fear of hairdryers called'. I will never hear the end of it. She'll start jumping out from behind doors with a hair dryer, or worse, tell everybody at school about my 'fear of hair dryers.' D: not good.
What's it called when you have a phobia of hair?
Chaetophobia, Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia, and Hypertrichophobia are names of phobias relating to the fear of hair. Poor thing!! Lmaoo!!
Whats it called to have phobia of wet hair?
Chaetophobia, Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia, or Hypertrichophobia.
Wet hair phobia. What do you call it?
Ive had this thing since childhood. Whenever i was taking a bath and a hair of mine broke off and got stuck to any part of my body. It freaked me out. The wiry wet strand of hair stuck to my body; hands feet(ESPECIALLY FEET, ew) arms anywhere usually causes me to scream and eventually i start shaking off that particular body part drantically trying to get that hair off. What is this "thing" called or can be termed as?
Is there a phobia of touching wet silverware?
Yea I understand it may sound funny to you, and trust me my family taunts me for it, but I am afraid of touching wet silverware. I will use silverware to eat but when it gets wet or I try to wash them I seriously freak out. Its so bad that when I do feel it wet I cringe and feel like I could just chop off my fingers because of the way it makes me feel! It can get worse than that but im just wondering if this is a phobia of some sort or anyone ever heard of this. Thanks!
What do you call the phobia that is disgusted by body hair?
Body dysmorphic disorder Signs and symptoms The signs and symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder include: Frequently comparing appearance with that of others Repeatedly checking the appearance of the specific body part in mirrors or other reflective surfaces Refusing to have pictures taken Wearing excessive clothing, makeup and hats to camouflage the perceived flaw Using hands or posture to hide the imagined defect Frequently touching the perceived flaw Picking at one's skin Frequently measuring the imagined or exaggerated defect Elaborate grooming rituals Excessive researching about the perceived defective body part Seeking surgery or other medical treatment despite contrary opinions or medical recommendations Seeking reassurance about the perceived defect or trying to convince others that it's abnormal or excessive Avoiding social situations in which the perceived flaw might be noticed Feeling anxious and self-conscious around others (social phobia) because of the imagined defect People with severe body dysmorphic disorder may drop out of school, quit their jobs or avoid leaving their homes. In the most severe cases, people with BDD may consider or attempt suicide. Certain physical obsessions are common in a person with body dysmorphic disorder. These include: Overall size, shape or symmetry of a certain facial feature, such as size or shape of nose Moles or freckles perceived as too large or noticeable Acne and blemishes Minor scars or skin abrasions Too much facial or body hair Baldness Breast size Muscles perceived as too small Size or shape of genitalia
What is the phobia of mustaches?
i couldnt find it but it could be Chaetophobia- Fear of hair. .......
Why is "homophobia" the term for hatred of homosexuals, rather than fear of homosexuals?
The person who's credited with coining it in roughly the modern sense is George Weinberg, and one of the things he meant to include by it in his 1972 book is a "dread of being in close quarters with homosexuals". That's the only sense mentioned in some accounts, e.g., glbtq >> social sciences >> Homophobia. But in fact his own usage was all over the map and he used it for that "_as well as_ irrational fear, hatred, and intolerance by heterosexual individuals of homosexual men and women." (Page on Landman-psychology, my emphasis.) So as Jaap Weel surmises, from the beginning it was as much or more akin to xenophobia than claustrophobia. And by 1975 it was standardly used in parallel to racism: "There is no such thing as the homosexual problem any more than there is a black problem—the problems are racism and homophobia." Toronto Globe and Mail via OED.Update: I tracked down the original book, Society and the Healthy Homosexual - Kindle edition by George Weinberg, and sure enough, he starts out with examples of extreme, phobia-like reactions, but then pivots explicitly at the end of the first chapter:But here the phobia appears as antagonism directed toward a particular group of people. Inevitably, it leads to disdain of those people, and to mistreatment of them. This phobia in operation is a prejudice, which means that we can widen our understanding of it by considering the phobia from the point of view of its being a prejudice and uncovering its chief motives.(Kindle Locations 198-201. St. Martin's Press. Kindle Edition.)