Zoophobia
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| F40.2 | Specific (isolated) phobias Animal phobias |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Zoophobia (from ancient Greek ζῷον zōon , German 'living being' , and φόβος phobos , German 'fear' ) describes the pathological fear of animals . It is one of the specific anxiety disorders . Zoophobia does not refer to a normal fear of dangerous and wild animals that can threaten the lives of those affected. Those affected therefore usually avoid animals or places where they could meet animals. These are, for example, zoos , parks and places in nature . According to Sigmund Freud , zoophobia is the most common fear in childhood.
Examples of zoophobia
- Ailurophobia (fear of cats )
- Acarophobia (fear of mites , ticks , bees, or other insects )
- Arachnophobia (fear of spiders )
- Cynophobia (fear of dogs )
- Herpetophobia (fear of crawling or crawling animals, such as lizards or reptiles)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Hilscher: Zoophobia - PSYLEX.de. Retrieved October 28, 2017 .
- ^ Fodor, Nandor, Gaynor, Frank, 1911-: Freud: dictionary of psychoanalysis . Barnes & Noble, New York 2004, ISBN 0-7607-5301-6 .
