Kakologophobia (from Greek words kakos meaning "bad", and logos meaning "word"), sometimes known as deprecophobia (used interchangeably with the fear of curse) is the fear of swear words, including using it, reading it, thinking about it or hearing it. It is also an anxiety disorder too and it is extremely rare. It is an unrecognized disorder too. Kakologophobia is a mental health disorder.
It is a branch of logophobia, the fear of any word. Sufferers of this phobia would avoid using swear words like what some people would already do, as well as preferring (usually not a high tolerance) not hearing somebody using it. People have different ranges of severity when it comes to suffering from Kakologophobia so it is different for everyone.
Those people would avoid getting in the vicinity of other people as they're afraid for someone to swear in front of them. Sufferers may panic when hearing swear words, flee when near it, develop nervous tics, or cover ears when further away.
Different factors can cause Kakologophobia like being negetively exposed to it in early life, trauma, abuse, life-changing events and lots of other things can trigger it too.
If you do not suffer from this and know someone who does, you are encouraged to try and limit your use of curse words, or use the different versions. Instead of bi*** use bish for example. This will help them have the clear minds to try and overcome their phobia. Though this is different for everyone, it is best to ask the person on what their preferences are first.
If you suffer from this, hopes and prayers go out to you to get over your phobia.
The feeling is often described as:
The sufferer's brain being choked, having an extreme headache, their stomach aching terribly, brain twisting or hard glue cemented on the frontal lobe and creating extreme distress, or the word that was only said once being repeated in their heads, in a way it would not stop. Though everyone suffers from Kakologophobia differently so the pain is different for each individual. Some can experience panic attacks,anxiety attacks, crying, fleeing, trembling, anger, depression, vomiting, and more. Everyone deals with the symptoms of Kakologophobia differently.
In perspective:
Being shot with a paintball over and over and the shock spreading over the brain, or the mind being frozen and hurting for no explainable reason. It can be very painful for the sufferer especially if other people will not cooperate the understandings of suffering from Kakologophobia.
It is very important to respect people who suffer from this extremely rare disorder and to research into it. The same will go for every disability,disorder, and sicknesses in the world.
See also...[]
- Mugouphobia, fear of the word "bi***"
- Katourophobia, fear of the word "p*ss"
- Skataphobia, fear of the word "sh**"
- Zomaiphobia, fear of the word "f***"