What does a person suffering from amaxophobia fear?
Amaxophobia, hamaxophobia, ochophobia, or motorphobia is an abnormal or persistent fear of being in, or riding in, a vehicle. Amaxophobia is a clinical phobia classified as a specific phobia, fear of a single specific panic trigger.
Amaxophobic sufferers can't stop thinking about getting into a car accident and be injured or dead. Sometimes fixed ideas of being stuck or trapped inside a car are also present. Amaxophobic people are usually looking for jobs or careers that do not require car rides.
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21 Comments
Howard Groopman
"Using credit cards" an amusing choice.
Old joke: Someone stole my wife's credit cards. I didn't report it because the thief spends less than she does.
Chris Brown
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Or any other vehicle, including aircraft.
teacherchicky
It's a fear of driving not riding in cars as much as being behind the wheel!
Karin Johansson
Ken Walkley, boys not wanting to ride with father-in-law 😉
Karin Johansson
Driving a car more!
David Colloby
I get this fear when riding in cars with some certain drivers
Fred Keogh
Howard Groopman, Surely that would be a MAXTOUTPHOBIA?
Rob Farr
Yes, Amexophobia is very real !!!
Thanks for a good trivia question and explanation.
Gery Tillmanns
Credit cards indeed! LOL
Isabelita Legaspi
That's my first answer but after several taps I changed it ....
mkrash
I knew of an older lady many years ago who would not ride in a car .
Ken Walkley
Does this include "Riding in Cars with Boys"?
DannyBoy
I didn't know that but, now I do.
Raphael Bruckner
Could also be Fear of "Mad Max" movies
dickahern
I don't like the explanation any better than I did several of the vague explanations I got on-line, which this is a direct quote from. Is it a fear of riding in a car because of the potential for an accident or is it a vague fear that some accident will happen? The word origin would suggest the former, but then why the indecisive ending?