Fear of sex exists - Here are the most common sexual phobias

Called sexual phobias, these conditions involve both clinical manifestations and radical changes in the level of interaction with potential sexual partners.

Medical or psychological subjects on sexual themes are probably the most popular scientific topics of our time. The public's curiosity for these topics cannot be matched by sports topics or by breaking news. The fact that this topic arouses and maintains a constant interest already says a number of things about our relationship to sexuality: it is an important thing for us but insufficiently explored.

The feeling of guilt

European culture, an eminently Christian culture, has an official attitude towards sexuality: the condemnation of the law of adultery from Paul's epistles has imprinted this attitude.

In this line, the sexual act is reflexively associated with a feeling of guilt that largely inhibits the possibility of achieving pleasure. The same feeling of guilt keeps the sexual act in a limited number of gestures, thus preventing the ease that should be it's own. Thus, it often happens that the maximum sexual pleasure is followed by a strong feeling of guilt.

The cultural determination of sexuality is evident when we compare Western and Eastern sexual practices, where sexuality is explored and included in the official culture. Kamasutra combines sexual gestures with spiritual ones, thus dissolving the body-soul cleavage that we find in Christian cultures.

Next, we present the most common sexual phobias.

1. Oneirogmophobia is the unconscious fear of wet dreams. People with this condition have troubled sleep, as they are tormented by the thought that they will have an erotic dream.

2. Tocophobia is the fear of conceiving or giving birth to a child. Suffering women will treat with skepticism any relationship that might involve conception. In most cases, these women become frigid.

3. Parthenophobia is an exclusively male condition that refers to men's fear of having sex with virgins or women who have had few partners.

4. Heterophobia is the fear of a partner of the opposite sex. This phobia is found equally in women and men.

5. Anuptaphobia is a rather bizarre mental condition as it affects the majority of people. This is the unconscious fear of the thought of being without a partner.

6. Menophobia is the fear of menstruation. Patients suffering from this condition will panic when they see menstrual blood or when they feel specific symptoms. Menophobia is also found in men, who experience an almost paralyzing fear when they see menstrual blood.

7. Androphobia is the fear of men. Psychologists say that this condition can manifest itself against the background of traumatic experiences.

8. Venustraphobia is the fear of beautiful women. As with androphobia, this condition can arise as a result of a traumatic relationship.

9. Eurotophobia is the fear of the vagina. Men with this condition find it almost impossible to make or think about intimate contact with a woman.

10. Agoraphobia is the fear of being sexually abused. Not to be confused with agoraphobia (fear of public places). Modern psychology has shown that agoraphobia stems from untreated trauma involving sexual abuse.

11. Medumalacufobia represents the unconscious fear of performance in bed. Men with this condition may live with the impression that they suffer from erectile dysfunction. In most cases, psychotherapists recommend potency pills.

12. Ithyphallophobia represents the fear of the penis. Clinical observations have shown that affected people react similarly when they see a penis or think about the idea of ​​a male organ. Moreover, in the case of men, this condition is manifested by the fear of erection, while female patients will be gripped by fear when they see the penis in an erect state.

13. Paraphobia is the fear of sexual perversions. Patients diagnosed with this condition will avoid sex parties that do not meet the established criteria.

14. Philemaphobia is the fear of kissing. Although it seems a bit bizarre, patients with this condition will not have too many objections when it comes to sex.

15. Haphephobia. Also known as thanatophobia, this condition refers to the fear of touch. Patients with this condition will feel in danger every time they are touched, especially in public.

16. Gymnophobia is the fear of undressing in front of another person. Patients with this condition will also feel in danger when they see another person undressed.

These are the most common sexual phobias. Have you heard of other cases?