Paraphilia and Phobia's ..... seriously who took the time to label every thought that a human might have as a condition?
Why not label everything then, the sexual arousal you get from clapping your hands as "clapaphilia" if they are going to label sexual arousal from stealing things as Kleptophilia. Or the fear you get from smiles as smiliphobia. Dear God, please tell me they don't have that already! lol!
2007-12-06 02:55:28 · 9 answers · asked by Lindsay 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
There are people who demonstrate these labels to the extreme, who can't live a normal life because of how bad the symptoms are (the definition of a disorder).
For instance, clapaphilia.
You think it's silly to get turned on by clapping. Imagine a guy with a mild case of clapahilia. Everyone claps, and he gets hard. Eventually he learns to cope by, for instance, being sure he's sitting down when clapping will occur. The guy develops a love for public events through his lifetime and, in fact, he meets his dream woman at a ballet.
Doesn't sound so bad when you put it like that.
Now imagine a guy who has clapahilia to the extreme. He cannot go out in public because he is in constant fear that he will hear something that sounds like a clap -- just one clap! It might be someone popping a gum bubble in the bus, and next thing you know the guy is rolling around on the bus floor in spasms -- he can't even reach for the tissue he regularly carries in his bag because his limbs are not functioning as they should.
See, not very funny anymore, huh?
That's why they have labels. For extreme people like this.
2007-12-06 03:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by whimsy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What makes you say it's a waste of time?
Categorizing things help make sense of them. Once you have a categorization scheme, then you can use it to encompass previously uncategorized phenomena (like using the suffixes 'philia' and 'phobia').
Although it's then possible to make up conditions that no one actually experiences, that isn't what scientists do.
The purpose is to make sense of things, and having categories is part of that process.
I don't understand why you have a problem with that.
2007-12-06 12:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hah! It does seem kind of silly, but some people really do have those irrational fears. It's not the scientists, it's the psychologists.
2007-12-06 11:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They have too much time in their hands & want to feel they are a cut above the rest by giving simple things we know unpronounceable, tongue twisting, vocal straining names!
2007-12-06 11:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. You make a good point. There is a name for fear of teeth: Odontophobia.
Sorry.
C. :)!!
2007-12-06 11:06:01 · answer #5 · answered by Charlie Kicksass 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our brain works by categorizing things... it's no surprise that that is also how we interact with the world.
2007-12-06 11:01:42 · answer #6 · answered by pip 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Idle minds have done stranger things.
2007-12-06 10:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
cause they r scientist ..Possessed by doing such thing....they think by that they do make the world more simple and meaningful!!!!!!
2007-12-06 11:05:01 · answer #8 · answered by nano_angels 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To laugh at us while we try hard to pronouce it
2007-12-06 11:21:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋