Scopophobia
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Scopophobia or scoptophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others. It is related to Ophthalmophobia.
In the 1906 psychiatric journal The Alienist and Neurologist, scopophobia was described:
Later, on p. 285 scopophobia is defined as "a fear of seeing people or being seen, especially of strange faces."
In the 1906 psychiatric journal The Alienist and Neurologist, scopophobia was described:
Then, there is a fear of being seen and a shamefacedness, which one sees in asylums.<...> We called it scopophobia — a morbid dread of being seen. In minor degree, it is morbid shamefacedness, and the patient covers the face with his or her hands. In greater degree, the patient will shun the visitor and escape from his or her sight where this is possible. Scopophobia is more often manifest among women than among men.
Later, on p. 285 scopophobia is defined as "a fear of seeing people or being seen, especially of strange faces."