An Excess of Phobias and ManiasSenior Scribe Publications, 2003 - 202 pages |
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... term phobia comes from the Greek element phobos ( terror , panic , irrational fear , and angst ) , from phobein , " to put to flight " . • Phobos was the son of Ares ( Greek god of war ) and Aphrodite . • Phobos ( Panic ) and his ...
... term phobia comes from the Greek element phobos ( terror , panic , irrational fear , and angst ) , from phobein , " to put to flight " . • Phobos was the son of Ares ( Greek god of war ) and Aphrodite . • Phobos ( Panic ) and his ...
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... term agora- phobia was introduced in 1872 , in Otto Westphal's ( 1824-1902 ) classic paper describing three agoraphobic cases . Westphal labeled his cases " agoraphobia " because the state of the patients was characterized principally ...
... term agora- phobia was introduced in 1872 , in Otto Westphal's ( 1824-1902 ) classic paper describing three agoraphobic cases . Westphal labeled his cases " agoraphobia " because the state of the patients was characterized principally ...
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... term for chronic incurable insanity . acrophobia : Excessive fear of heights , elevators , climbing ladders , pin- nacles , etc .; fear of sharp points . This is one of the most common pho- bias in the general population . People who ...
... term for chronic incurable insanity . acrophobia : Excessive fear of heights , elevators , climbing ladders , pin- nacles , etc .; fear of sharp points . This is one of the most common pho- bias in the general population . People who ...
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... prison . -Graham Sutherland The greatest success is successful self - acceptance . -Ben Sweet aedoeomania : Hypersexuality in females . An obsolete term for nympho- mania . aeluromania , eluromania : An absurd desire to have many. 13.
... prison . -Graham Sutherland The greatest success is successful self - acceptance . -Ben Sweet aedoeomania : Hypersexuality in females . An obsolete term for nympho- mania . aeluromania , eluromania : An absurd desire to have many. 13.
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