Man, weve got a phobia for everything these days . . . so if youre a little bit scared of something, just hang on, theyll create an official phobia for it soon enough. A geographer at Ball State University in Indiana and a psychologist at the University of Kansas just released the results of their research that found SEVERE WEATHER PHOBIA is a real thing. AND . . . they say around one in TEN Americans suffer from it. Severe weather phobia means you are SO afraid of things like hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes that you feel helpless, lose sleep, obsessively monitor the weather, and sometimes even change your life around to avoid potential bad weather. The researchers say modern technology has led to severe weather phobias getting worse . . . now you can monitor storms online 24 hours a day and TV news is more alarmist about weather in the quest to grab peoples attention. The next step is figuring out the best ways to help people cope with severe weather phobia . . . for now, the researchers say theyre not quite sure how.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:24:02 +0000
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