Talk:Scopophobia

Dear god!
What is this, some sort of joke? I came here to learn about my disease, and some guy is STARING AT ME!!!! I thought Wikipedia was a place of learning - you insensitive clods! - Scopophobicman (talk) 10:55, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

I do believe there is a deep irony in seeing Jimmy Wales Face staring directly at the end user which reading an article on staring Phobias', But what can you do except chalk it up to one of life's funnies, like goatse! Its not like Jimmy's wikimedia add can be banned from this specific page, But if the article was a serious in depth discussion of the Phobia, perhaps that should have been considered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.255.2.28 (talk) 00:55, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I laughed hysterically when I saw this article with Jimmy's face on it --NotGrammer (talk) 01:50, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I HAVE THIS AND I FEEL LIkE JIMMY IS STARING AT ME AND IM REALLY SCARED! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.2.9 (talk) 10:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Seriously, out of consideration for those who stumble across this stub with scopophobia, the donation ad should be banned from the top of this page. it should not be dismissed. this is a matter of serious concern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.100.215.69 (talk) 19:51, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Screenshot, for posterity: http://i.imgur.com/RERAq.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.94.157.6 (talk) 02:21, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Second, for 9/25: http://i.imgur.com/Xyjj7.png -Overthinkingly 16:26, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I see a lady around the neighborhood who must suffer from this. She wears about 17 coats, even on hot days, 3 hats, sunglasses, and covers her face with an umbrella. She really doesn't want to be seen. Either that or she's an escaped murderer. Seriously not going to ask her to find out.--Sid rumpo (talk) 07:20, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Removal of unsourced sentence
I removed the following bit from the lede due to being contradictory and unsourced: It is an outdated piece of psychological terminology, with few references being made to the journal in which it was originally proposed. - CompliantDrone (talk) 14:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Editing For ENG 213
Hello, for this page we have done several edits including:


 * Changing the first two sections to General Overview and History.
 * We added sections including: Causes, Related Syndromes, Symptoms and Effects and Treatments.
 * Added six new cultural examples.
 * And generally tried to expand on the existing sections.

We've tried to add as much new information as we could with new sources. Thanks for reading! Kameron.McBride (talk) 15:18, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Possible grammar error in "Related syndromes" section?
As of Dec 1, 2018, I believe there is a grammatical error in part of the article. I understand that I could edit it myself, however I'm not really sure if I've identified it correctly, what kind of meaning the text is trying to convey, and what the cited source material says. The text is the following: and an epileptic's fear that being looked which may itself precipitate such an attack.

Dueydotnet (talk) 21:13, 1 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes, that looks a bit mangled to me too. I'd probably re-write that as: and an epileptic's fear of being looked at, which may itself precipitate an attack. Any other ideas? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:26, 1 December 2018 (UTC)