| Frigophobia | |
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| Specialty | Psychology |
Frigophobia is a phobia pertaining to the pathological concern of hypothermia. Frigophobia is a psychiatric condition that appears mainly in the Chinese culture. Sufferers of this affliction compulsively bundle up in heavy clothes and blankets, regardless of the ambient air temperature. This disorder has been linked to other psychological disorders such as hypochondriasis and obsessive-compulsive disorder.[citation needed] In a 1975 study among ethnic Chinese in Taiwan, it was noted that frigophobia may be culturally linked to koro[citation needed], where that disorder causes male sufferers to feel that their penis is retracting into the body due to an insufficiency of "male element" (or yang), male frigophobia sufferers correlate coldness with an over-abundance of "female element" (or yin).[1]
- ^ Kleinman, A.; Lin, T.Y. (1981). Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Chinese Culture. Springer. p. 255. ISBN 9789027711045. Retrieved 2015-04-08.