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“dystychiphobia”
The fear of disasters or casualties: People who suffer an anxiety of injuring themselves or other people, or of damaging property or the environment, may be suffering from dystychiphobia.
Charles refused to drive a car because of his dystychiphobia and so he was always afraid that he might harm himself, a passenger, or a pedestrian in a collision.
People who have dystychiphobia, like accident phobics, try to avoid risky jobs, atmospheric conditions, a tiring work schedule, and equipment failures.
Dystychiphobia is related to an abnormal fear of decision-making and a strong stressfulness resulting from their dread of making mistakes.
The difference between cowards and heroes is that cowards fear what they face, and heroes face what they fear.
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phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous
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tycho-, tych-
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