Coprophobia

Coprophobia (from Greek conpro, "feces") is the fear of feces. This fear might have been brought about by a bad experience in the past such as when as a child, one was not allowed to go to the bathroom by a mean teacher and was unable to hold pooping in his underwear inside the classroom and was subject to ridicule all throughout his school life. One might have also accidently stepped on dog poop while walking in the park and getting one’s favorite shoes all messy and dirty.

Another reason for the development of coprophobia is the knowledge that fecal material is laden with germs and bacteria, thus this phobia could also be linked to bacteriophobia, fear of germs and bacteria.

Coprophobes would avoid going to public toilets or going to parks where they think they might step on animal poop. They will put deodorizers in their bathrooms to mask the smell of feces and would do everything to disinfect after defecation.

This fear needs medical attention because we have to eliminate our waste at least once a day or once every couple of days. It is impossible for us not to poop, thus and medications are most likely needed to combat this fear.