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Monster Under the Bed

Clinical and Motivational Phenomena

A common childhood phobia is the fear of a monster under the bed, or similarly a monster in the closet or wardrobe, an anxiety associated with the fear of the dark, that there are monsters present that cannot be seen because of the darkness.

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Emotional Phenomenon 1
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1. Wikipedia: Monster under the bed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_under_the_bed
Quote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_under_the_bed
a common childhood phobia is the fear of a monster under the bed
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