Novinophobia - SevenFifty (2024)

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What is novinophobia? ›

THE PHOBIA

For many, Novinophobia – the fear of running out of wine – is very real. If you've been faced with surprise houseguests or the need for a quick, last minute gift you know the anxiety of an empty wine rack.

It seems almost inconceivable, and yet it's true, some people actually have a fear or anxiety about wine. This condition is known as oenophobia and it affects people from around the world.

Methyphobia is the phobia of Alcohol, the fear of getting drunk or the fear of becoming addicted to alcohol. For some people the idea of not being in 'control' can be a major cause of anxiety and this may be the main reason why people develop methyphobia.

Bibliophobia is an unusual phobia of books. It can be broadly defined as the fear of books, but it also refers to a fear of reading or reading out loud or in public. Many people have only a subset of this phobia, fearing textbooks or historical novels or children's stories, rather than a fear of all books.

Causes of xanthophobia

Chromophobia can also occur because of a specific traumatic experience. For example, a fear of yellow could originate from a reaction to a bee sting or being in an accident with a vehicle that was yellow. Xanthophobia that arises out of trauma may be a conditioned response.

Spectrophobia, a type of anxiety disorder classified as a specific phobia, is the fear of mirrors and/or the fear of what may be reflected in them. It may also be referred to as eisoptrophobia or catoptrophobia.

Someone with catoptrophobia will have an abnormal and irrational fear of mirrors that results in fear, anxiety, panic and distress if they see a mirror or think about seeing a mirror. Negative thoughts and feelings are likely to be further exacerbated if they see their own reflection in the mirror.

Frigophobia is a phobia pertaining to the fear of becoming too cold. Frigophobia is a condition that appears mainly in the Chinese culture. Sufferers of this problem bundle up in heavy clothes and blankets, regardless of the ambient air temperature.

Dipsophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. Sufferers of dipsophobia experience undue anxiety about addiction to alcohol and the effect this addiction can have on their body. (However, their abstinence from alcohol certainly should not be criticized.)

Experts don't know why some people develop trypophobia. One theory is that the brain associates clusters of holes with danger. For example, you may associate a pattern of small holes with the skin of a venomous snake or the eyes of a tarantula. Or the holes may remind you of skin diseases or skin rashes.

Is nomophobia a real phobia? ›

The term NOMOPHOBIA or NO MObile PHone PhoBIA is used to describe a psychological condition when people have a fear of being detached from mobile phone connectivity. The term NOMOPHOBIA is constructed on definitions described in the DSM-IV, it has been labelled as a "phobia for a particular/specific things".