Cherophobia. It means fear of happiness from Greek. People with Cherophobia are afraid to be happy because they believe something tragic is going to happen soon. They're not always sad but they keep the happiness inside. They build a wall around themselves.

Just imagine the fear of being happy. How can someone live with that? I first discovered this type of phobia through a novel I read. Someone that suffers this kind of phobia is more likely to be shy and loner. They're afraid of having fun, and expressing their happiness.

I feel sorry for them. It is such a waste not to be able to express our happiness. This phobia usually develop due to traumatic experiences at an early age and past accident in their lives. It is surely a complex disease because it involves the brain. We might not know what cause it and how to cure it. Some can be cured but not completely. A traumatic event might trigger it back making it harder to be cured,


Medicine can be prescribed, but the medication can cause side effects and it might not be good for health. A good way, to cure Cherophobics is through counselling, psychotherapy,and Neuro-Linguistic programming. The process might be slow and usually it depends on the patient itself to want to overcome their fears. Doctors can't help if they don't want to get over the wall they've build for so long.


p/s : This is a little information I'd like to share because I think I know some people don't even realise they have this kind of phobia.