Face Your Fears: Phobophobia

Phobophobia: it's not a made up word; it does exist. Here's a definition I tracked down on the interweb:

Phobophobia: 1.(n) a morbid fear of developing a phobia.
2.(n) the best halloween event in London.

Admittedly, I might have added the second entry, but you get the idea.

Over the last few weeks, we've been covering all manner of phobias in the lead up to our Halloween extravaganza, Phobophobia. If you haven't seen or heard anything about this yet, a) where have you been? and b) check out our Phobophobia event page for full details.

Phobophobia, in the first sense of the word is when a person worries about getting a phobia. For example:

"I won't be going to the snake show in case I develop a phobia of snakes. In fact, I'm so worried about getting snakephobia that I'm starting to getting sweaty palms and I'm feeling rather faint."

You can apply this school of thought to every phobia.

Instead of trying to explain it myself, I stole these words from akorra.com:

"It is liked with anxiety disorders and more common phobias like agoraphobia, (the fear of the market place, or the outdoors in today’s language). But it is more commonly described as a fear of fears, or a fear of developing phobias. People suffering from this disorder often have anxiety issues to begin with and phobophobia is the result of being so afraid of the internal consequences of anxiety. In other words a person can get so afraid of the sensation of anxiety that they become petrified of it happening again."

While it may not be the most common phobia out there, it surely has to be one of the worst for sufferers.

There are, of course a number of treatments that can help alleviate the symptoms of Phobophobia, but what better way than by facing your fears at the UK's Best Year Round Scare Attraction, The London Bridge Experience and The London Tombs?

See you there….