Leukophobia
Leukophobia is a fear of the color white, a form of chromophobia.[citation needed]
Symptoms and scope[edit]
Leukophobia sufferers prefer to surround themselves with dark or bright colors and avoid drinking milk (unless flavored) nor taking prescription pills that are white.[citation needed] They may feel anxious in an environment with a lot of white, such as a white room or out in the snow.[1][2]
Leukophobia often takes the form of a fixation on pale skin. Those with the phobia may make implausible assumptions such as paleness necessarily representing ill health or a ghost.[3] In other cases, leukophobia is directed more towards the symbolic meaning of whiteness, for instance in individuals who associate the color white with chastity and are opposed to or fear chastity.[4]
Causes and treatment[edit]
Leukophobia may be caused by bad experiences with snow, for example in winter sports, or by fear of marriage in women because white is the usual color of bridal dresses.[1] Behavioral therapy is a method used to treat leukophobia: a therapist teaches a patient not to fear the color and then works on alleviating its cause.[1][2]
In popular culture[edit]
In Paul Beatty's novel Slumberland, leukophobia refers to reverse racism.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Leukophobia—Fear of the color white". Phobia Source. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fear of Stuff (23 June 2016). "White Phobia—Fear of White Color". Flex Mag.
- ↑ Robertson, John G. (2003). An Excess of Phobias and Manias: A Compilation of Anxieties, Obsessions, and Compulsions that Push Many Over the Edge of Sanity. Los Angeles: Senior Scribe. p. 114. ISBN 9780963091925. Search this book on
- ↑ Adamec, Christine (2009). The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties (3rd ed.). p. 509. Search this book on
- ↑ Beatty, Paul (2008). Slumberland. New York: Bloomsbury USA. p. 185. ISBN 9781596912403. Search this book on
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