Welcome back for the twenty-fourth day of Writober. During this fourth week we’re exploring the universal fear of mutilation. Today we’re looking at fear of dismemberment. While looking at fear of dismemberment this morning, I came across something very scary and interesting. There is a rare mental condition called Body Integrity Dysphoria “where you feelContinue reading “Fear of Dismemberment”
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Fear of Attack
Welcome back for the twenty-third day of Writober. During this fourth week we’re exploring the universal fear of mutilation. Today we’re looking at fear of attack. Fear of attack is a fear of violence, terrorism, and also a fear of not being able to know the hearts and minds of others. It is a fearContinue reading “Fear of Attack”
Fear of Injury
Welcome back for the twenty-second day of Writober. During this fourth week we’re exploring the universal fear of mutilation. Today we’re looking at fear of injury. When I started looking into fear of injury, I discovered there are different phobias associated with fear of injury: Traumatophobia – A fear of being physically hurt Kinesiophobia –Continue reading “Fear of Injury”
Fear of Mutilation
Welcome back for the twenty-first day of Writober. During this fourth week we’ll be exploring the universal fear of mutilation. From Wikipedia: “Mutilation or maiming is severe damage to the body that has a subsequent harmful effect on an individual’s quality of life. In the modern era, the term has an overwhelmingly negative connotation, referringContinue reading “Fear of Mutilation”
Fear of Amnesia and Possession
Welcome back for the twentieth day of Writober. It’s Sunday, and the last day we’ll be looking at the universal fear of loss of autonomy. I was looking through my horror movies and realized that fear of Possession didn’t get on our calendar. I think it’s definitely part of the fear of loss of autonomy,Continue reading “Fear of Amnesia and Possession”
Fear of Insanity
Welcome back for the nineteenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear: loss of autonomy through the fear of insanity. Insanity is defined as a severely disordered state of the mind. In the nineteenth century it became less literally used as meaning extreme folly or unreasonableness. Fear of insanity, is the fearContinue reading “Fear of Insanity”
Intense Fear of Phobias
Welcome back for the eighteenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear, loss of autonomy, through the intense fear of phobias. Phobias are different than our regular fear response. The fear response is no longer from the stimulus, but from the fear of the stimulus. Phobias can become debilitating. There are asContinue reading “Intense Fear of Phobias”
Fear of Control
Welcome back for the seventeenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear: loss of autonomy through fear of control. Fear of control could mean many things: fear of losing control of oneself, fear of losing control to another, fear of being controlled physically or mentally. What other fear of control can youContinue reading “Fear of Control”
Fear of Restriction
Welcome back for the sixteenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear: loss of autonomy through fear of restriction. Fear of restriction is a fear of being confined. This could be a fear of being bound, of small spaces, or even tight clothing. Rhetorical Device: Litotes Litotes is an ironic understatement inContinue reading “Fear of Restriction”
Fear of Paralysis
Welcome back for the fifteenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear: loss of autonomy through fear of paralysis. Fear of paralysis is the fear of losing control of your body, but as I looked into it, I also found “fear paralysis” which is becoming paralyzed or frozen by fear. So thisContinue reading “Fear of Paralysis”
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