Ancraophobia

If you suffer from agoraphobia (fear of wide open spaces), you might not want to move to North Dakota. Or ancraophobia (fear of wind), or psychrophobia (fear of cold) . . . not to mention treelessnessophobia, velveetaphobia, coupedupophobia.

After prodromal phase, patients show excitement; extreme fears including hydrophobia, photophobia, and ancraophobia; pharyngeal muscle spasm; and dyspnea. Hydrophobia and ancraophobia are typical symptoms but may be absent in some cases.

She avoided discussions of her bizarre fear of the wind as much as possible. When it came up in conversation, her sister, Ellinore (who was only fifteen months younger than Gwendolyn), suggested she seek out a therapist who specialized in ancraophobia. […] "I don't know. The wind seems to mock me by always getting worse when I'm upset. I have ancraophobia."

Monday, the Queen learned she had ancraophobia, which is a fear of the wind. Tuesday, Wanda taught the Queen to use the force of the wind to propel them through the water. Wednesday, the Queen learned that by using the force of the wind, she could help conquer her fears.

I may no longer suffer from astraphobia, but I do suffer from mild ancraophobia (fear of the wind). Wind can be a power destructive force, but can also be mildly disruptive: if you live in the country in particular you may worry about telephone and electricity lines coming down.

If truth be told, when I used to live in Singapore and was still very young, I had what I later realized was called tachophobia (fear of speed) and ancraophobia (fear of the wind). Just the sound of the gushing wind would shake me to the core, and I wouldn’t take a step outside my house without feeling dreadfully frightened.