Melanoheliophobia

Melanoheliophobia (from Greek melano, "black", and helios, "sun") is the fear of black holes. The phobia is often suffered by a kid after first learning about black holes and its effects. For adults, it is commonly suffered after hearing about [miniature] black holes being produced on Earth. Black holes produced on Earth are usually smaller than an atom. Learning about this could cause sufferers to fear that man-made black holes can grow big and swallow the Earth and everything on it. Others may fear that black hole may enter our solar system and gobble up our world. Sufferers of melanoheliophobia would doing nothing to escape other than leave our space and roam around in space. Another way to escape this fear is to treat it. Symptoms include feeling of terror, being detached from reality, fainting, obsessive thoughts, loss of control, desire to flee, and breathlessness. Treatment methods include (such as  and counseling),, s, and.