Nucleomituphobia

Nucleomituphobia is the fear of nuclear weapons. People with this phobia may have had a loved one die in the midst of nuclear warfare thus causing the trauma. Patients with this phobia will have a bomb shelter made in their houses even if the possibility of nuclear warfare in our times now is very unlikely. They will show symptoms of anxiety when faced with pictures or movies about nuclear weapons and nuclear warfare which includes palpitations, shortness of breath, and tremors. Some may opt to stay indoors because of the fear that nuclear weapons will be launched in the sky at anytime.

Treatment includes. Medications for anxiety may be given to those with severe debilitating symptoms.

The first cases of nucleomituphobia was in the 1940's when atomic bomb was dropped in Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Cases of nucleomituphobia peaked in the 1950's and '60s.