Whats the name of my phobia?


Question:
i have a fear of asphyxiation (aka suffocation). i am afraid that im going to catch on fire and die (bc when u catch on fire u dont die from the fire first, u die from lack of oxygen bc the fire takes it) or being strangled, or drowning. basically im afraid of dying from not being able to get oxygen. whats the name for my phobia?

Answers:
well lack of oxygen is hypoxia, so I would assume something like hypoxiphobia...I also found this on a giant list of phobias:
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered. But not the one I suggested : (
If its asphyxiation then it'd be asphyxiation phobia. I am confused I guess.. haha
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Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered.
It sounds like you could be clusterphobic or you may just have a fear of being suffocated. I used to feel like you when my nose was plugged up and this is the truth I felt as if I were being suffocated and I hated the feeling. Thank goodness that at nineteen someone introduced me to Dristan Nasal Spray. Good Luck
This might not be "up your alley", but you might be carrying over a traumatic experience from a last life. You talk about two different experiences though. One is of fire, second drowning. Both do indicate trauma of not be able to breathe. Looking at your question again.strangling. So maybe you have had 3 traumatic deaths.

For reality purposes, concentrating your thoughts on death scenarios is classic schizophrenia. AND it is scenarios.

What I read though is you put in parenthesis is how being on fire was not about burning to death, but losing oxygen.

Sweetie, this life is what you make of it. Avoid running into a fire, don't swim into the deep end, definitely do not involve yourself with someone who likes auto erotica. That should buffer against the real threats.

Lastly, have you considered it might be psychically connected?
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