This week I've yet again been busy so I'm going to do things a little different in regards to Ethno-ornithology Sunday. I'm going to post what I've got on Ornithophobia-fear of birds-thus far and add more throughout the week, as I find more.
Mednet.com defines ornithophobia is the abnormal and persistent fear of birds. This phobia creates an excessive amount of anxiety when encountering birds and an irrational fear of being attacked by them. Ornithophobia was the basis for the movie The Birds (1963). The Birds was written by Daphne Du Maurier and Evan Hunter and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This movie is planning on being remade in 2009 by Martin Campbell and is rumored to be starring George Clooney and Naomi Watts. International Movie Database (IMDB) has a summary of the movie. In the summary they describe the movie as being about a town in Northern California where a flock of birds begin attacking people and over time the number of birds and viciousness of attacks increases. According to various sources George W. Bush has ornithophobia (though many are basing this in his "bird flu" rant, so this may be inaccurate). While I've been unable to find statistics specifically on ornithophobia rates I did find a page (found here) that claims 15-18% of the population suffers from some form of anxiety, phobia or compulsive disorder that goes unrecognized or untreated. Also, the best form of treatment is exposure therapy, at least that's what all of the information I've read thus far says.
People pretending to have ornithophobia, from: http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Fear-of-Birds.
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1 comments:
the only thing i kind of fear about birds, is the claws. when we had chickie baby the rooster,i just couldn,t pick him up julie would put him in the garage when bad weather was to hit.maybe i was done in by a flock of birds in a pass life?
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