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Phobophobia

Having a phobia of something or someone is acceptable but there are some people who have phobia for phobias. This is called phobophobia. A very rare but an extremely severe condition of mind, which can...

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Potomania

Potomania is a desire to drink excessive fluids. This word originated from Greek in which ‘potos’ means drink and ‘mania’ means intense desire to do something. People suffering from this type of mania...

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Pyromania

When I was small, I used to love illuminating matchsticks. I used to take a matchbox from the kitchen secretly, then sit in any corner of the house where nobody could find me, and light all the...

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Pyromania Treatment

Pyromania is an impulsive control disorder, which is more commonly observed among small children. In this disorder, a child or an individual has an extensive desire to set fire. He or she may burn...

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Relationship Phobia

Relationship is considered as one of the most beautiful thing happening to one’s life. From the moment we are born, we are woven into some or the other kind of relationships. Be it of a mother, a...

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School Phobia

School avoidance, school refusal and school phobia are the terms used for the children who have irrational and extreme fear of going to school. This is an anxiety disorder in which a child has...

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Sleep Phobia

Sleep in the best medicine for many of the illness. And how unfortunate are the people who have sleep phobia. While writing about this phobia, I could feel goose bumps and chills going through my...

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Snake Phobia

A phobia is a very intense fear of some object or some situation. Phobias affect the daily life routine many a times but snake phobia which is also called ophidiophobia is not one of them. Read this...

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Strange Phobias

Every living human being is a result of emotions and thoughts. And in some way or the other, he remains a slave of his own thoughts and emotions all through his life. Phobias are irrational fear of...

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Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania, which is sometimes called as trichomania is a psychological condition in which one has a strong urge to pull his/her own hair. Some people suffering from this impulse control disorder...

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Trichotillomania Causes

Trichotillomania is a hair pulling disorder in which an individual pulls his or her own hair. This disorder is more common among women as compared to men. Hair pulling is so intensive that a...

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Trichotillomania Children

Children are engaged into many addictive behaviors such as thumb sucking, twisting hair, pulling hair, etc. Usually, as they grow into adults, they get rid of these habits themselves. Hair pulling is...

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Trichotillomania Diagnosis

Trichotillomania and any other impulsive control disorders are very difficult to diagnose. You will have to do a close observation of the patient and look for the signs and symptoms in the patient....

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Trichotillomania Regrowth

Trichotillomania is a mania in which there is habitual repetitive hair pulling. This causes hair loss to a great extent. In the patients of trichotillomania, hair loss is a matter of concern. The hair...

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Trichotillomania Skin Picking

Trichotillomania skin picking can happen in case of people with severe trichotillomania.  Trichotillomania is actually the habit of picking hair from any part of the body, but people with severe cases...

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Trichotillomania Statistics

Trichotillomania is a compulsive disorder of pulling hair from anywhere in the body, but most commonly from the scalp. In case of mild trichotillomania, simple treatments and counseling will help you...

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Trichotillomania Treatment

Compulsive hair pulling from their body parts is called as trichotillomania. People suffering from this type of disorder may also be engaged in pulling skin, hair from eyebrows, scalp, eyelashes, etc....

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Trypanophobia

Trypanophobia is a very common phobia amongst the children of all ages and sometimes it prevails in adults also. Trypanophobia is the fear of needle and pointed objects. In this phobia, there is an...

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Types of Phobias

Phobias are the extreme fear of any object, situation or any person. They are different from fears and are more serious if they hamper the daily life. There are various types of phobias and different...

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Xenophobia

Xenophobia is an extreme and irrational fear of aversion towards foreigners. The origin of this word is in Greek word ‘xenos’ meaning stranger and ‘phobos’ meaning fear. Read this article to know more...

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