Phobophobia

**Phobophobia** is the fear of phobias, or states of fear and anxiety that can be caused by certain objects, situations or even thoughts. This can be quite common in people with anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Phobophobia is an imaginary fear of fear. For example, a person may be afraid that he will be scared when watching a movie, and then he will experience the same fear as his character. Ophobes get real pleasure from visiting psychiatric hospitals, observing “scary” patients who are actually frightening