by Rosalie Mamo - UNIT 4
COLLECTION OF FEARS
THALASSOPHOBIA
(noun)
An intense fear of the sea; a clinical phobia characterised by extreme and irrational fear of the sea.
Did I just imagine all of this?
ENTOMOPHOBIA
(noun)
A fear of insects. People with this specific phobia feel anxious when they think about or see an insect.
Taken care of.
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
(noun)
An extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
The door is open.
SCOTOPHOBIA
(noun)
An irrational or disproportionate fear of the dark.
The light is on.
THANATOPHOBIA
(noun)
Thanatophobia refers to the intense fear of death or dying. Unlike other phobias, it is quite complex in that the fear is rooted in a number of things like being dead, the fear of losing someone we love, the process of dying or leaving friends and family behind when you die.
THANATOPHOBIA
(noun)
This fear also refers to your own death.
Be kind to yourself.