Citations:ballistophobia

English citations of ballistophobia

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• 2007, Andrew Mozina, The Women Were Leaving the Men: Stories, Wayne State University Press, page 228:

  She told the nurse about my “ballistophobia,” which referred to my panic attack at Out of Town News. It made me sad to realize that Lisa must have researched what had happened. She was Such a good scientist. The nurse had never heard of ballistophobia, and I interrupted to explain: “Fear of death from above.” It was my definition of what I now know psychology books call “an aberrant fear of projectiles.” As a disorder, it belongs in a comedy routine.