Showing posts with label fear of blood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fear of blood. Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2007

What is hemophobia (blood phobia, hematohobia)



It's review article about hemophobia. It does not have any scientific value.

Defenition


Hemophobia (hematohobia)
- is phobia (persistent and abnormal fear) of blood. People with hemophobia are usual afraid of sight of own blood, rarely they dread other persons' or animals blood.

Causes

It can be caused by fear of injury or death. Also blood phobia can be caused by trauma, injury in adolescence or childhood period.

Treatment

There are some psychological methods to get rid of fear of blood. I'll speak about it next time.

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