Phasmophobia

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Phasmophobia (from the Greek word phasma, meaning "ghost", and phobos, "fear") (sometimes known as spectrophobia) is the morbid fear of ghosts. It is common among many cultures because ghosts are deceased people who are often dangerous. Though the phobia is commonly suffered by children, when they first learn about ghosts, adults commonly suffer from phasmophobia as well, especially after learning reports of people being haunted by ghosts. Sufferers who believe in ghosts would feel very worry that ghosts may attack them. Sufferers would not want to be alone while not be in the dark.

The fear is commonly portrayed in many novels, films, ghost stories, comics, cartoons and video games. In Scooby Doo, Shaggy and Scooby are said to be phasmophobic, but all the ghosts portrayed in the series are human criminals masqueraded as ghosts. In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi was also phasmophobic, but still able to encounter and catch ghosts via vacuum cleaner.

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