Spectrophobia: Fear of Mirrors

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Spectrophobia: Fear of Mirrors

Post by vicked.vicky » Jan 13, 2009 Views: 2480

This kind of specific phobia involves a morbid fear of mirrors and the dread of seeing one's own reflection. Psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi attributed it in one case to two main causes: fear of self-knowledge and flight from exhibitionism.

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