Meaning of kathisophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

The irrational fear of sitting down.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“While sitting, which had become for him a symbol of his profession as a goldworker, the patient was overcome by a tormented feeling of fear which eventually forced him to jump up. Beduschi (Rivista di Patol nerv e ment, 1904; cited in Bing, 1923) referred to an intense fear of sitting (kathisophobia).”

“Although my second case is more susceptible to the interpretation suggested by Raymond and Janet, it is not identical to theirs. Their case is one of akathisia secondary to a phobia resulting from a specific occupational aboulia (kathisophobia), mine did not show any phobia...”

“What if I suffer from kathisophobia?”

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