Scourge of the XXI century: phobias, illnesses and disorders of modern man

Frantic pace, mobile devices, the flow of information - all this not only makes our life rich and colorful, but also continually tests our mind to the test. It is no wonder that by the good old and already familiar claustrophobic aerophobia constantly adding new fears and frustrations. Sometimes the cause of the irrational fear of becoming quite unexpected things.

phobias

Social phobia

Being a social phobia has become fashionable. But do not take a friend, telling you about their phobia in a crowded bar with a glass of beer crafting: for this social phobia, this situation is painful in itself. Social phobia are willing to do anything to not be in public places and do nothing in public. They fear any, even the slightest attention from strangers.

Anuptafobiya

Fear of being alone and not to start a family. Most of us were brought up in families, and we have adopted a model of the relationship of the parents. On the other hand, the modern world promotes free brief relationship, which does not necessarily lead to marriage. There is a dissonance, an expanding to some phobias sizes.

Koulrofobiya

Panic fear of clowns appeared relatively recently, however, this phobia is very common. People with foam noses and bright make-up fear, not only children but also many adults. Writers and writers add fuel to the fire, constantly using the image of scary clown in thrillers. If you are afraid of clowns, know that you are not alone. Together with you, they are afraid, Daniel Radcliffe and Johnny Depp.

Geksakosioygeksekontageksafobiya

Do not try to pronounce it. Leave it to those who really afraid of the number 666.

Triskaydekafobiya

Fear of the number 13. Those who suffer from this phobia avoid floors, apartments, houses, marked with this number, and never take the tickets for 13th place on the plane and a movie theater.

Paraskavedekatriafobiya

This phobia like the previous one, with the only difference being that it applies only on Friday, 13th.

Kaliginefobiya (venustrafobiya)

It turns out there is such a phobia - fear beautiful women. Some men can not utter a word in their presence, not because they are smitten on the spot, but because it is very scary.

Pogonofobiya

For holders of this phobia fell on hard times: to live with the fear of beards (yes!) In the era hipsters easy. The term "pogonofobiya" was first proposed in the 50-ies of the XIX century, but in connection with some of the latest fashion again had to recall it.

Peladofobiya

Someone is afraid of people with facial hair, but are afraid peladofoby bald, with both its own and others'.

Filofobiya

It's all very simple and sad: it is the fear of falling in love.

Stsiofobiya

This phobia causes people to literally jump off his own shadow. Yes, and not only on its own, because stsiofoby panic at the sight of any shadows.

Niktogilofobiya

This fear has common roots with niktofobiey - panic fear of the dark. Niktogilofobiya - is the fear of the dark forest undergrowth. No wonder the night forest is often mentioned in the old tales, and is used as a sinister background to the bloody scenes in many films. People suffering from this phobia to lose control of himself at the thought of the dark silhouettes of trees.

Somnifobiya (hypnophobia)

This phobia is a strong irrational fear of going to bed. Somnifoby afraid to fall asleep because sleep they associated with death. In addition, they are afraid of nightmares in which they are not dependent on anything. Somnifobiya also can be caused by fear of the loss of time that could be spent more usefully.

NOMOPHOBIA

It's a new phobia, which is the fear of being without mobile communication. Such ordinary everyday things like a dead battery, loss of network or even find the phone out of sight can cause some people have panic attacks.

trypophobia

It is interesting that the fear of clustered holes has not yet been entered in the list of officially recognized medical phobias. However, that does not stop thousands of people shrink in horror at the sight of the lotus flower, honeycomb or porous sponge. It is believed that the multiple small holes that we associate with the danger posed by, for example, wild bees.

Syndromes and disorders

phantom ringing syndrome

This is a frequent syndrome that occurs in people who are too dependent mobile devices. They always think that they have the phone rings, when in fact nothing is happening. In this case, a person can not only hear non-existent call, but also to feel the itch in that place, next to which is the phone. Typically, the phantom ringing syndrome occurs against a background of stress and may signal an impending nervous breakdown.

Facebook-depression

As the name implies, it depression It caused by the activity (both your own and others'), on the social networks. A certain type of people stung from the fact that the lives of others favorably differs from their own. They start to think that the others it's much better than them, and that causes obsessive thoughts about his own worthlessness.

Cyberchondria

This is hypochondria, multiplied by the Internet. It should be a person suffering Cyberchondria, read the web about any disease, he soon finds himself in his symptoms. And since the Internet has information about any illnesses, very soon, a man found a whole bunch of imaginary ills. However, the anxiety he feels at the same time, is very real and can lead to poor health. As a result, kiberhondrik himself undermines health.

Kiberbolezn (kiberukachivanie)

Dizziness and nausea, which occur when viewing many of 3D-films or the use of glasses and head-mounted display, is nothing but a manifestation of kiberbolezni. It can trigger rapid change of images on the display of any electronic device. According to Coventry UniversityCybersickness: The new 'illness' sweeping the nationFrom kiberukachivaniya suffer up to 80% of the world population.