kathisophobia

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek καθίζω (kathízō, “sit down”) +‎ -phobia

Noun

kathisophobia (uncountable)

1. (medicine, rare) The irrational fear of sitting down.
   • 1995, P Sachdev, Akathisia and restless legs, →ISBN, page 5:

     While sitting, which had become for him a symbol of his profession as a goldworker, the patient was overcome by a tormented feeling of fear which eventually forced him to jump up. Beduschi (Rivista di Patol nerv e ment, 1904; cited in Bing, 1923) referred to an intense fear of sitting (kathisophobia).

   • 1995, Lad Haskovec, “New observations on akathisia”, in History of Psychiatry:

     Although my second case is more susceptible to the interpretation suggested by Raymond and Janet, it is not identical to theirs. Their case is one of akathisia secondary to a phobia resulting from a specific occupational aboulia (kathisophobia), mine did not show any phobia...

   • 2004 March 16, Dat, “UKSF Stats [Feb]”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet):

     What if I suffer from kathisophobia?