Citations:haphephobia

English citations of haphephobia

Noun: "the fear of being touched"

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• 1894, Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, Volume 2, unnumbered page:

  It is necessary to distinguish haphephobia from the syndrome described under the name of délire de toucher, the emotional disturbance produced especially after contact.

• 1906, The Alienist and Neurologist, Volume 27, page 160:

  I have seen true folie du toucher follow mysophobia and haphephobia pass into haphemania, the patient scream and crouch with insane fear at the slightest touch or run at ones^[sic] approach.

• 1983, Florence Schumer, Abnormal Psychology, Heath (1983), →ISBN, page 7:

  He is mentally disturbed: he has an intense, irrational fear of being touched (haphephobia; defense de toucher).

• 2006, Sylvie Simmons, "I Hate His Fingers", in London Noir (ed. Cathi Unsworth), Akashic Books (2006), →ISBN, page 100:

  “Yeah, haphephobia's pretty commonplace, but if it's fingers, per se—well, dactylophobia's a new one on me. […]

• 2009, Christina Fisanick, Crime and Criminals, Greenhaven Press (2009), →ISBN, page 120:

  As if we're all afflicted with haphephobia—the fear of being touched—we make peculiar distinctions about violence and non-violence.

• 2010, Mahikol Torres, Living Through the Unknown, Lulu (2010), →ISBN, page 31:

  “I think that by what I've seen so far I can conclude that we have a case of haphephobia.” stated Dr. Smith.

  “What's that?” asked mother.

  “It's the fear of being touched.” responded Dr. Smith.

• 2011, Ava Gray, Skin Heat, Berkley Sensation (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  She didn't think it could be mysophobia—a fear of germs—given the work he did at the clinic, but perhaps haphephobia?

• 2011, E. L. James, Fifty Shades Darker, Vintage Books (2012), →ISBN, page 412:

  […] He realizes that his goal is a loving relationship with you. It's that simple, and that's what we're working on now. Of course there are obstacles—his haphephobia, for one."

  His what? I gasp.

  “I'm sorry. I mean his fear of being touched," Dr. Flynn says, shaking his head as if scolding himself. […]

• 2013, Leesia Lindsay, "Paranormal Encounters", in From Every Corner, iUniverse (2013), →ISBN, page 10:

  My hair stood on end all over my body and my haphephobia, the fear of being touched, kicked into full gear.