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Siderophobia (from Latin sīdus, "star, constellation") is the fear of stars. It is a very rare and peculiar phobia. Individuals may want to avoid venturing outside at night while staying indoors with all the window curtains shut when it gets dark. If anyone who suffers siderophobia sees stars, they may faint, lose control of their mind, feel nauseas, sweat, tremble, lose breath, increase heart rate, and suffer panic attacks.
Why are you afraid of the stars ?
At this point, it is normal to ask why a person may be afraid of the stars. Are stars so dangerous? Well, the truth is that celestial bodies and phenomena are shrouded in mystery and are still fairly unknown to us. And the fear of the unknown we do not know if it is something rational, but of course it is very common. Not everyone knows exactly what a star is, so for the most part, they are somewhat abstract. In reality, stars are luminous spheres of hydrogen converted to helium which remain in the cosmos due to gravity and are not at all dangerous. But we tend to think that something so brilliant can explode at a given moment and destroy everything.
| Space phobias |
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| Alienophobia (fear of aliens) · Cometophobia (fear of comets) · Cosmophobia (fear of the cosmos) · Heliophobia (fear of the sun) · Kosmikophobia (fear of cosmic phenomenon) · Melanoheliophobia (fear of black holes) · Meteorophobia (fear of meteors) · Selenophobia (fear of the moon) · Siderophobia (fear of stars) · Spacephobia (fear of outer space) · Apeiroscosmosphobia (fear of how big the universe is) |