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The fear of any particular thing is recognized in the DSM as a "specific phobia". Irrational fear of cotton balls, holes in a pattern, the color orange etc. al
by fenwick67 9y ago
The fear of any particular thing is recognized in the DSM as a "specific phobia". Irrational fear of cotton balls, holes in a pattern, the color orange etc. all fit under this umbrella.
- grkvlt 9y agoOK, that's a good point, but I still think in this case it's better to simply say that people have "a phobia of holes or objects with a pattern of holes" rather than translating the word holes into Greek to create a complicated new word for no real reason except to sound 'medical' and impressive.