Athephobia is the irrational and unhealthy fear of ruins .
Summary
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- 1 Necessary clarifications
- 2 Origin
- 3 Impacts
- 4 Sources
Necessary clarifications
- Fear: Powerful and primitive human emotionthat warns us of the presence of danger and that was essential to keep our ancestors alive.
- Fear is divisible into two groups: biochemical and emotional. The biochemical response (the one that kept our ancestors alive) is universal, while the emotional response is individualized, something like a ‘personal matter’.
- The large number of phobias detected with their corresponding denomination indicates that human beings are afraid of almost everything.
- When defining “Athephobia” the term ruin (ruined, destroyed objects) is often confused with economic ruin.
- * Athephobia * is the feeling of fear or fear of ruins (ancient places) or relics.
Origin
* Athephobia * like so many other phobias, is a fear that appears in certain situations that we face in this case “to the ruins”.
It has a common origin with any other type of phobia: a subconscious mechanism that develops an exaggerated fear of an element that caused a trauma. The problem is compounded because, in many cases, the trauma cannot be consciously remembered.
Affectations
- Limit to do what you want, for example: thinking about visiting the ruins of Machu Pichu (an Egyptian or Mexican Pyramid or another site or historical relic) gives a feeling of discomfort, sweat or fear or thoughts that something bad will happen to the encounter in those (or other ruins ); result: The idea is canceled.
- Tours of some activities are suspended for fear of passing through ancient sites. These limitations put people who suffer from atelophobia, at a disadvantage with others in their social environment.
