Fear of wasps

Fear of wasps
Fear of wasps
Other names	Spheksophobia
Specialty	Psychiatry

Fear of wasps (or wasp stings), is technically known as spheksophobia, it’s one of the common fears among people and is a kind of specific phobia. It is similar to fear of bees (which is often called apiphobia or melissophobia). Both are types of entomophobia, which is itself a category of zoophobia.[1][2][3][4]

Also see

Gianluigi Buffon professional footballer with spheksophobia
Friard d'Indret patron saint against fear of wasps (spheksophobia)
The Crush (1993 film) lead character has spheksophobia; shows wasp attack
Wiktionary: spheksophobia
Wikidata: spheksophobia

External links

Grunow, Melissa (Fall 2020). "Spheksophobia: The Fear of Wasps". Ilanot Review. 20. [Nonfiction essay in the "Toxic" issue.]

References

Doctor, Ronald Manual; Kahn, Ada P.; Adamec, Christine A. (2008). The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties (3rd ed.). Facts on File. pp. 457, 506. ISBN 9781438120980. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Google Books. Fear of wasps is known as spheksophobia. Individuals who fear wasps often fear stings, pain, bees, or flying insects in general.
Sanders, Diana; Wills, Frank (2003). Counselling for Anxiety Problems (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications. p. 152. ISBN 9781412933360. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Google Books. Table 9.1 / Common phobias / Animals /... Fear of wasps (Spheksophobia)
Brough, D.I.; Yorkston, Neil; Stafford-Clark, David (1965). "A case of wasp phobia treated by systematic desensitization under light hypnosis". Guy's Hospital Reports. 114 (3): 319–324. ISSN 0017-5889. PMID 5891230.
Brown, June S.L.; Abrahams, Sharon; Helbert, Matthew (October 3, 2003). "An unusual case of a wasp phobic". Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 34 (3-4 / September–December 2003): 219–224. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2001.09.001. ISSN 0005-7916. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023 – via ScienceDirect. [What is "unusual" is that cognitive therapy was tried, and worked; previously it was believed this phobia is non-cognitive, and behavioural therapy was used.]

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[1] Doctor, Ronald Manual; Kahn, Ada P.; Adamec, Christine A. (2008). The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties (3rd ed.). Facts on File. pp. 457, 506. ISBN 9781438120980. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Google Books. Fear of wasps is known as spheksophobia. Individuals who fear wasps often fear stings, pain, bees, or flying insects in general.

[2] Sanders, Diana; Wills, Frank (2003). Counselling for Anxiety Problems (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications. p. 152. ISBN 9781412933360. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Google Books. Table 9.1 / Common phobias / Animals /... Fear of wasps (Spheksophobia)

[3] Brough, D.I.; Yorkston, Neil; Stafford-Clark, David (1965). "A case of wasp phobia treated by systematic desensitization under light hypnosis". Guy's Hospital Reports. 114 (3): 319–324. ISSN 0017-5889. PMID 5891230.

[4] Brown, June S.L.; Abrahams, Sharon; Helbert, Matthew (October 3, 2003). "An unusual case of a wasp phobic". Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 34 (3-4 / September–December 2003): 219–224. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2001.09.001. ISSN 0005-7916. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023 – via ScienceDirect. [What is "unusual" is that cognitive therapy was tried, and worked; previously it was believed this phobia is non-cognitive, and behavioural therapy was used.]