Zeusophobia

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Zeusophobia is the fear of god or gods. The term is the combining form of Zeus, the king of Greek gods, and phobia. It is not the same as theophobia, the fear of religions or gods.

This phobia may additionally cause extreme concern of things associated to god or church including but not limited to bibles, churches, and crosses. The phobia may worry about the uncertainty of events or outcomes, since they are believed to be determined by gods.

Zeusophobia is usually caused by some influence of “God” within the person’s life by means of the media, cinema, childhood experiences, family experiences, dreams, books, news events, etc.

Physical symptoms of zeusophobia include shaking/trembling, sweating excessively, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, chest pain, dry mouth, freezing, losing management over emotions, hyperactive bowels, refusal or incapacity to sleep, change in sleeping patterns, stomach pains, possible psychosomatic responses, fear of dying, intense anxiousness attack, incoherency in speaking, incoherency in thinking, refusal to go anywhere thought-about as unsafe, and palpitations.

Some of the common psychological processes associated with zeusophobia include catastrophising, ignoring the positive, exaggerating, over generalizing, looking for disaster, thinking in all or nothing terms.