TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

ULACITSTUDENT: DEILYN ROJASTEACHER: NYDIA GUTIERREZ

MEANING

TRIS MEANS 3KAI MEANS "AND”DEKA MEANS “10”

DEFINITION

Paraskevidekatriaphobia:Paraskeví means Friday, dekatria means thirteen.Phobía means fear.the fear of Friday the 13th. western cultures.Romania, Greece, Spain and Latin

America is Tuesday 13.

SIMILAR PHOBIAS

Friggatriskaidekaphobia:

frigga means "Friday" triskaidekaphobia means fear of

the number thirteen.

statistics“According to the Stress

Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina:estimate 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day”

According to diario extra, ticos are superticious but don’t accept it

www.diarioextra.com/.../espectaculos04.php

In Korea, Japan and China have the fear of tetraphobia ( number 4)

In that countries Nokia doesn’t include that number at the beginnig of the mobile series.

Anxiety Nervous Dry mouth Feeling of terror Feeling of panic Trembling Shortness of breath Fastly heartbeat

Consequences

Psychotherapy Relaxation techniques Medication “Medications to treat anxiety may

be used for treatment of symptoms, but there are no studies that support the efficacy of medication in the treatment of specific phobias”.

Treatment

Hurricane Charley made landfall in south Florida on Friday, August 13, 2004.

The "Friday the 13th Storm" struck Buffalo, New York on Friday, October 13, 2006.

The asteroid 99942 Apophis will make a close encounter with Earth, closer than the orbits of communication satellites, on Friday, April 13, 2029.

Uruguayan air force flight 571 crashed in the Andes on Friday October 13 1972.

Events that are notableWith Friday the 13th.