On a sunny weekend, I want to invite a good friend to come and play...
Unexpectedly, she actually said to me:
Rejected From: Meursault's phone
what？ "Can't stand my cat"?? Is my kitten not cute enough???
Isn't it cute!! Pictured: Meursault's cat
On further questioning, the friend said:
It turns out that the picture is from: Xiaobian's mobile phone
Thinking about it this way, it seems that there are indeed quite a few people around who are afraid of cats, including the elders of the family, and there is also a kind of resistance to cats...
Pictured from: Google
I couldn't help but wonder why a kitten that was so cute in our eyes and even the back of our heads was a terrible presence in the eyes of others.
Catophobia, known in English as "ailurophobia", comes from the Greek word "ailouros" (cat) + phobos (fear). A type of specific phobia that refers to the persistent irrational fear of cats. First proposed by Louis S. London M. D. in 1952.
Pictured from: Giphy
What are the symptoms?
The main symptom of catophobia is extreme fear when seeing or hearing a cat's voice, and in severe cases, it may even trigger the symptoms by seeing a cat image or the word "cat" in cartoons.
Symptoms are usually divided into two aspects: physical and psychological. Physical symptoms usually include:
✔ Chest pain or tightness
✔ Rapid heartbeat, sweating, difficulty breathing
✔ Dizziness
✔ Trembling, restless
✔ Stomach upset, nausea
Host salvatore edward anthony is a cat phobic patient Pictured from: Google
Psychological symptoms may include:
✔ The thought of cats makes me feel fear
✔ Be very vigilant where cats may appear
✔ Spend a lot of time thinking about scenarios where you might encounter cats and how to avoid them
✔ Feel extreme anxiety when you hear a meow, hiss, or similar sound
These symptoms may affect the daily behavior of dipterodes.
For example, refusing to go to a friend's house with a cat; moving to a neighborhood where pets are not allowed; avoiding talking about cats; and being afraid to swipe up on cat-related pictures and videos when surfing the Internet.
Pictured from: Network
If you have catophobia and have already had a big impact on your daily life, you may want to consider seeing a psychologist for diagnosis and treatment.
In addition to "catophobia", there are also some people who are afraid of cats because of certain appearance or personality characteristics of cats.
Pictured from: Google
peephole
Many people are afraid of the deep eyes of cats.
Sometimes it is a narrow slit, sometimes a large and round pupil.
Pictured from: Google/Meursault
When you're okay, you like to stare at a place where there's nothing in the eyes of a two-legged beast...
Coupled with their habit of lying down at night, they emit a faint green light in the night...
Crazy cries
The cat's cries in estrus are indeed quite maddening. Every time I walk at night, I hear the sharp and poignant "baby crying", and I can only silently recite in my heart "rich, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious, free, equal, fair, and rule of law..."
And the hissing sound when they are angry will make some people think of the sound of snakes spitting out their tongues...
The feel of the hairy touch
Some people are afraid of furry animals, and don't like the warm, soft feel of the touch, and the "flowing" spine under the liquid cat fur. (Crying, it's really B arsenic, A honey ah)
Liquid animals From: weibo
▌ Afraid of patterns and spots on cats. This may be dense phobia / fear of bright colors / associated with snakes, brain axes, leopards and other beasts of prey, etc.
Elusive personality
People who don't know cats will have a sense of uncertainty about cats, feel that cats are shocked and unpredictable, or afraid that cats will suddenly pounce on them...
In addition, the meat pads on the cat's paws make them walk silently... Haunted, secretly observed, surprised, startled me.
The exact cause of the fear of cats is unclear.
➤ It is possible that someone else has been scratched and bitten by a cat or witnessed someone else being attacked by a cat.
Or something you encountered as a child, but as you grew up, you forgot the trigger event at the time and only retained the sense of fear.
➤ Family reasons. For example, parents are afraid of cats, so they have not been exposed to cats since they were young, or they have received some negative information about cats, such as cats are fierce and can bite people.
Image from: felingood
➤ Cultural traditions. Cats are very evil and unlucky, cats can see things that people can't see, cats have nine lives, and so on.
There is always my legend on the rivers and lakes Pictured from: google
➤ Fiction TV series influence. For example, the cat demon in "The Eight Commandments of the Brilliant Spring Pig"; Edgar Allan Poe's novel "Black Cat" and so on.
Have the same childhood shadow lifting claw! Pictured from: Google
➤ Cats look like people. Humans love cats because features such as their small round faces and large eyes are reminiscent of human cubs. But according to the Uncanny Valley theory, if a cat looks too human-like, it will make people feel afraid...
The sweeping robot cat invented by the Japanese technical house Picture from: Google
Uncanny Valley Theory
Uncanny Valley theory refers to the fact that when people face some object that resembles a human form, their liking for the object will increase; if the object is more similar to humans than a certain degree, it will make people feel fear and disgust; when the similarity between the object and humans continues to rise, reaching complete similarity, the human emotional response to the object will return to the positive.
Yes, there are really people in the world who are afraid of cats.
Respect everyone's preferences and fears.
We can't try to convince family and friends who are afraid of cats because we love cats.
??? Pictured: Or my phone
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Do you have friends around you who are afraid of cats?
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Resources:
[1] ailurophobia, or fear of cats: symptoms, causes, treatment (healthline.com). [2]ailurophobia - wikipedia
[3]ailurophobia and ornithophobia | Springerlink[4] Uncanny Valley Theory - wikipedia.org Wikipedia
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