phobics
Those with fears
Phobics are people who suffer from phobias—intense, irrational fears of specific things or situations.
The word functions as both noun and adjective: a support group for phobics, phobic reactions to spiders.
It commonly appears in compounds: arachnophobics fear spiders, claustrophobics fear enclosed spaces, agoraphobics fear open or crowded places.
Persistent apprehensive distress
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- palpitationsAwareness of abnormal heartbeat
hyperventilation · dread · terror · nervousness · apprehension · avoidance · flight · freezing
Anxiety treatment through confrontation
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
therapist · psychologist · gradual exposure · flooding · EMDR · medication · beta-blockers · SSRIs
Act of escaping detection
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- escapeFlight from captivity
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- isolationComplete separation from others
retreat · circumvention · triggers · anticipatory anxiety · seclusion · distancing · refusal · limitation
Not properly scaled
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
baseless · persistent · uncontrollable · excessive · recognized · insight · acknowledged · involuntary
Irrational dread of flying
- trypophobiaAversion to hole clusters
- hemophobiaIrrational dread of blood
- nyctophobiaMorbid dread of darkness
- aquaphobiaPathological dread of water
glossophobia · dentophobia · coulrophobia · entomophobia · thanatophobia · necrophobia · zoophobia
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
palpitations · hyperventilation · dread · terror · nervousness · apprehension · avoidance · flight · freezing · nausea
exposure therapy
Anxiety treatment through confrontation
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
counseling · therapist · psychologist · gradual exposure · flooding · EMDR · medication · beta-blockers · SSRIs · relaxation techniques
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- escapeFlight from captivity
- withdrawalAct of taking away
isolation · retreat · circumvention · triggers · anticipatory anxiety · seclusion · distancing · refusal · limitation · restriction
disproportionate
Not properly scaled
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- unfoundedWithout factual support
illogical · baseless · persistent · uncontrollable · excessive · recognized · insight · acknowledged · involuntary · intrusive
aerophobia
Irrational dread of flying
- trypophobiaAversion to hole clusters
- hemophobiaIrrational dread of blood
- nyctophobiaMorbid dread of darkness
aquaphobia · glossophobia · dentophobia · coulrophobia · entomophobia · thanatophobia · necrophobia · zoophobia
- anxiety suffererspanic attack sufferers, agoraphobics, worriers, nervous wrecks, neurotics
- patientspatient, inpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
phobicsenthusiasts
People deeply into something
devotees · aficionados · lovers · fanatics · admirers
- social phobiaFear of being watched
- animal phobiaFear of creatures
- needle phobiaIrrational syringe terror
- germ phobiaFear of microorganisms
- water phobia
- school phobiaFear of attending classes
phobia, xenophobia, phobic, homophobia, phobias, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, acrophobia, technophobia