phobia

this phobia was ego-syntonic.

This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.

The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.

this phobia was linked with the displacement of fear of his father.

she suffered from a phobia about birds.

phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment.

She has a phobia about water and can’t swim.

phobia sufferers often find themselves virtual prisoners in their own home.