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Could someone get chronophobia at a young age without trauma?

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Dr. Barbara Lavi answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

It depends on: how you define trauma. What is traumatic to 1person might not B traumatic 2 another. Children Rimpressionable and may not always understand things they overhear. Hypothetically, a child could overhear an adult talking about Some1 who died not having enough time to live their life fully and traumatize the child unwittingly. If U have a phobia, talk 2 a psychologist, sort it out and overcome it

Answered 6/23/2014

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Dr. Humberto Quintana answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes: Chronophobia is described as the fear of time.There are three categories of phobia including agoraphobia, social phobia, and specific phobias which includes spiders, snakes, dogs, water, and heights. Chronophobia falls under the category of specific phobia because time is a specific object that one can fear. It affects 5.1% & 12.5% of Americans. A person may be genetically affected after the A person may be genetically affected after the traumatic experience due to Adrenal insufficiency. Those with these insufficiencies are more susceptible to anxiety and fear. When people are incarcerated, they experience a heighten sense of anxiety.[5] The stress of prison makes inmates especially at risk. Inmates start to contemplate time extensively because they are incarcerated for a certain amount of time. It is not uncommon for prison inmates to count-down the days until their release.

Answered 8/3/2014

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