Is there a specific name for my phobia?
Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at
10:45 pm
I am terrified of the Burger King man and any person who wears a mask and doesn’t speak and I was wondering if there was a name for this fear I have.
P.S If you’re not gonna answer my question with something I applicable don’t bother to answer @ all.
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you might have been frightened by someone wearing a mask when you were a child==it’s amazing what we retain in or minds
Yes there is a name for this phobia:
masklophobia- Fear of masks or mascot
Here is a list of phobias for you to review:
PHOBIA – SUBJECT
agoraphobia – crowded public places like markets (or being in open space, or leaving a safe place)
automatonophobia – statue, puppet, anything representing a sentient being
cherophobia – gaiety
coulrophobia – stilts and/or clowns (poor phobia name in my opinion)
erythrophobia, erytophobia or ereuthophobia – color red (or of red lights or of blushing)
masklophobia- Fear of masks or mascot
mythophobia – myths and untrue statements/falsehoods
paraphobia – sexual perversion
pediophobia – dolls
peladophobia – bald people
prosoponophobia – masks
pupaphobia – puppets
Samhainophobia: Halloween
teratophobia – monsters (or bearing a deformed child)
topophobia – certain places or situations (such as stage fright)
vestiaphobia – fear of clothing
xenophobia – strangers
I’ll keep looking, but a great site is- phobialist.com. -It alphabetically lists all phobias. Btw… I can completely sympathize… I don’t like people in costume, especially covering the face. That Burger King guy creeps me out.
The closest I could find is Coulrophobia a fear of clowns, evil or not evil, and masklophobia, a fear of masks.
No such term exists for the Burger King man. Most psychologists try not to use phobia classing however, and tend to chalk it up to an anxiety or personality disorder (Generalized Anxiety, OCD etc)
I went on line to find an answer for you . this was as close as i could get.
AUTOMATONEPHOBIA:
The fear of any thing that falsy represents a senitent being—–eg—- masks, puppets, wax figures