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Social anxiety disorder ( SAD ), also known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by sentiments of fear and anxiety in social situations, causing considerable distress and impairing ability to function in at least some aspects of daily life. [ 4]: 15 These fears can be triggered by perceived or actual scrutiny from others.
fear of people in masks, costumes and mascots: Megalophobia fear of large objects Melanophobia fear of the color black: Melissophobia, apiphobia: fear/dislike of bees, a zoophobia: Monophobia: fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia fear/dislike of mice or rats, a zoophobia: Mycophobia: fear of ...
The most common specific social phobia are glossophobia (the fear of public speaking) and stage fright (the fear of performance). Others include fears of intimacy or sexual encounters, using public restrooms ( paruresis ), attending social gatherings, using telephones, and dealing with authority figures. Specific social phobia may be classified ...
Agoraphobia is a condition where individuals become anxious in unfamiliar environments or where they perceive that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include wide-open spaces, crowds (social anxiety), or traveling (even short distances). Agoraphobia is often, but not always, compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as ...
Ochlophobia ("Fear of Crowds") [1] and demophobia ("Fear of Unruly Mobs") are terms for types of social phobia or social anxiety disorder whose sufferers have a fear of crowds. Sufferers may offer various rationalizations of the phobia, such as the fear being trampled in a crowd, getting a deadly disease from people within the crowd, getting ...
Diffusion of responsibility occurs in large group settings and under both prosocial and antisocial conditions. In prosocial situations, individuals' willingness to intervene or assist someone in need is inhibited by the presence of other people. [11] The individual is under the belief that other people present will or should intervene.
Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. [ 3][ 4][ 5] It is not officially recognized as a mental disorder, but may be diagnosed as a specific phobia if excessive fear and distress occur. [ 1][ 4] Most affected people experience mainly disgust when they see trypophobic imagery. [ 4]
Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking. [ 1] The word glossophobia derives from the Greek γλῶσσα glossa (tongue) and φόβος phobos (fear or dread.) The causes of glossophobia are uncertain but explanations include communibiology and the illusion of transparency. Further explanations range from nervousness ...