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What is the fear of being alone

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Autophobia is the fear of being alone. It may also be called isolaphobia or monophobia. Some of the symptom include the following:

  • sweating

  • dry mouth

  • shaking violently

  • inability to think clearly

  • cannot breathe properly

  • experience anxiety attacks

  • nausea and sickness

  • heart beats fast

  • fear that you may die at any point

  • becoming mad or losing control

There may be many causes of autophobia

  • Association with a bad experience

    As a child, parents locked you up in a room for long hours of penalization.