Medicine:Balloon phobia
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Balloon phobia or globophobia is a fear of balloons.[1] The source of fear may be the sound of balloons popping.[1]
Generally, globophobics will refuse to touch, feel, or go near a balloon for fear it will burst.[2]
This is a form of phonophobia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brewer, C. (5 November 2013). "Balloon phobia". BMJ 347 (nov05 3): f6652. doi:10.1136/bmj.f6652. PMID 24192971.
- ↑ Houlihan, D; Schwartz, C (September 1993). "The rapid treatment of a young man's balloon (noise) phobia using in vivo flooding.". J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 24 (3): 233–40. doi:10.1016/0005-7916(93)90026-s. PMID 8188847.
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