An Excess of Phobias and ManiasSenior Scribe Publications, 2003 - 202 pages |
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... disorders while others are considered to be categories of nonce words and contrived euphemisms . • Nonce words are coined [ invented ] and occur or are used only for what is considered to be a " present or particular occasion ...
... disorders while others are considered to be categories of nonce words and contrived euphemisms . • Nonce words are coined [ invented ] and occur or are used only for what is considered to be a " present or particular occasion ...
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... disorders . Examples of Phobic References from History Hippocrates ( 460-377 B.C. ) may have been the first to describe morbid fears when he wrote about a phobic individual who seemed to fear heights , precipices , and flute music ...
... disorders . Examples of Phobic References from History Hippocrates ( 460-377 B.C. ) may have been the first to describe morbid fears when he wrote about a phobic individual who seemed to fear heights , precipices , and flute music ...
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... disorder or obsessive preoccupation with some- thing ; a madness , frenzy ; obsession , compulsion , fascination ... disorders ; such as , frenzy , hysteria , and delirium . So , what we have in this book is a plethora of negative reac ...
... disorder or obsessive preoccupation with some- thing ; a madness , frenzy ; obsession , compulsion , fascination ... disorders ; such as , frenzy , hysteria , and delirium . So , what we have in this book is a plethora of negative reac ...
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... , and death much of which he apparently expressed in this painting . Munch Describes the Fundamental Elements of The Scream dvard Munch. ( more on the next page ) aboulomania , abulomania : A mental disorder in which there. 5 ...
... , and death much of which he apparently expressed in this painting . Munch Describes the Fundamental Elements of The Scream dvard Munch. ( more on the next page ) aboulomania , abulomania : A mental disorder in which there. 5 ...
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... disorder . Compulsive rituals are enormously time - consuming . One woman had a compulsion to wash her hands in a ... disorders are intense , the victim's work and home life disintegrate . With severe compulsions , endless rituals ...
... disorder . Compulsive rituals are enormously time - consuming . One woman had a compulsion to wash her hands in a ... disorders are intense , the victim's work and home life disintegrate . With severe compulsions , endless rituals ...
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An Excess of Phobias and Manias: A Compilation of Anxieties, Obsessions, and ... John G. Robertson No preview available - 2003 |
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abnormal anxiety abnormal desire abnormal fear abnormal interest acrophobia addiction afraid agoraphobia alcoholic animals Anonymous anthropophobia ants anxious apprehension associated aversion avoid believe biology blood cancer cats cause cenophobia characterized cigarettes cold compulsion contamination coulrophobia craving craze cryophobia cynophobia darkness death delusion disease dislike dizziness drink dysmorphophobia eating erythrophobia especially Evan Esar exaggerated fear excessive desire excessive fear extreme fear fascination fear of becoming fear of heights fear or hatred feel germs gerontophobia going Greek element hair herpetophobia hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia individual insanity insects intense fear intolerant irrational dread irrational fear Islamophobia kleptomania light ligyrophobia live looking mania McGee morbid fear morbid impulse musophobia night nymphomania objects obsession obsessive-compulsive disorders Ogden Nash one's osmophobia pain panic person phobia phonophobia plants pygoscopophobia result sexual smoking social someone spaces specific spiders stings symptoms talk term terror things thunderstorms tobacco triskaidekaphobia trypanophobia uncontrollable usually vomiting walking washing words