Athazagoraphobia is the fear of forgetting or of being forgotten, including forgetting people, places or things important to oneself. It can appear as a fear of one's own memory failing, as with an aging relative, or as a fear of being abandoned or erased from other people's memory. The condition is an anxiety response to the prospect of memory failure, not a memory disorder itself.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterAnxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2 Sources
1. Wikipedia: List of phobias
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobiasQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias
irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder
2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization- Diagnostic Chapter: Anxiety or Fear-Related Disorders
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