An Excess of Phobias and ManiasSenior Scribe Publications, 2003 - 202 Seiten |
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... means " a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone " based on one's fear . The term phobia comes from the Greek element phobos ( terror , panic , irrational fear , and angst ) , from phobein , " to put to flight " . • Phobos ...
... means " a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone " based on one's fear . The term phobia comes from the Greek element phobos ( terror , panic , irrational fear , and angst ) , from phobein , " to put to flight " . • Phobos ...
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... Mean Nothing in life is to be feared . It is only to be understood . -Marie Curie eanwhile , all of the following Greek - derived mania elements ; Lsuch as , mania- , -mania , -maniac , -maniacal , -manic , -manically , and -maniacally ...
... Mean Nothing in life is to be feared . It is only to be understood . -Marie Curie eanwhile , all of the following Greek - derived mania elements ; Lsuch as , mania- , -mania , -maniac , -maniacal , -manic , -manically , and -maniacally ...
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... means an " assembly " or " market place " ; not " open spaces " , as is commonly stated by some . Again , agoraphobia refers to the fears of streets and crowded places , not to " open spaces " . agriomania : An " obsolete term " for a ...
... means an " assembly " or " market place " ; not " open spaces " , as is commonly stated by some . Again , agoraphobia refers to the fears of streets and crowded places , not to " open spaces " . agriomania : An " obsolete term " for a ...
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... means to control infectious diseases , the absence of dirt is not merely an esthetic adornment . Cleanliness is doubtless an acquired taste . -Jay Stuller " Cleanliness has only recently become a virtue " Smithsonian , February , 1991 ...
... means to control infectious diseases , the absence of dirt is not merely an esthetic adornment . Cleanliness is doubtless an acquired taste . -Jay Stuller " Cleanliness has only recently become a virtue " Smithsonian , February , 1991 ...
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Abschnitt 4 | 54 |
Abschnitt 5 | 65 |
Abschnitt 6 | 77 |
Abschnitt 7 | 80 |
Abschnitt 8 | 97 |
Abschnitt 9 | 133 |
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An Excess of Phobias and Manias: A Compilation of Anxieties, Obsessions, and ... John G. Robertson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2003 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abnormal fear activities afraid animals Anonymous anxiety anxious appears apprehension associated attack aversion avoid become believe blood body cats cause characterized cigarettes closed cold comes common compulsion condition considered contamination craving craze crowded danger darkness death desire disease dislike disorder drink eating especially exaggerated excessive fear extreme eyes face fascination fear or hatred feel going Greek hair hand hatred hearing heart heights human impulse individual insanity intense fear interest irrational dread irrational fear kinds known light live looking mania means mental morbid morbid fear night objects obsession occur odors one's pain panic particular person phobia physical places plants present reference regarding result seen sexual situations smoking social sometimes spaces specific spiders streets strong symptoms talk term terror things thought touched uncontrollable usually walking washing women writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 21 - If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Seite 187 - There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men "who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, But the queerest they ever did see Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee.
Seite 144 - So first of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
Seite 136 - My apprehensions come in crowds ; I dread the rustling of the grass ; The very shadows of the clouds Have power to shake me as they pass ; I question things, and do not find One that will answer to my mind ; And all the world appears unkind.
Seite 127 - The sweet buds every one. When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under; And then again I dissolve it in rain. And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Seite 59 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Seite 168 - When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
Seite 171 - Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later delicate death. Prais'd be the fathomless universe, For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, And for love, sweet love — but praise! praise! praise! For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.
Seite 182 - If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.