Question: What is Atychiphobia

Atychiphobia is the abnormal, unwarranted, and persistent fear of failure, a type of specific phobia.

As with many phobias, atychiphobia often leads to a constricted lifestyle, and is particularly devastating for its effects on a person’s willingness to attempt certain activities.

The term atychiphobia comes from the Greek phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear" and atyches meaning "unfortunate".

A person afflicted with atychiphobia considers the possibility of failure so intense that they choose not to take the risk.

Often this person will subconsciously undermine their own efforts so that they no longer have to continue to try.

Because effort is proportionate to the achievement of personal goals and fulfillment, this unwillingness to try, that arises from the perceived inequality between the possibilities of success and failure, holds the atychiphobic back from a life of meaning and the realization of potential.

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