Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Interesting. It seems philanthrophobia is so rarely used I only found (in a brief search) one other mention of it and an AI response saying it's not a word.I just got done with a multi-day wrestling match with ChatGPT to create a Windows powershell script so asked it your word question:
The fear or anxiety someone experiences when others, especially strangers, are nice to them could be related to philanthrophobia or sycophantophobia, although these terms aren't widely used.
More broadly, this could stem from social anxiety or a form of trust issues, where kindness from others feels unsettling or even threatening.
- Philanthrophobia refers to a fear of kindness or love.
- Sycophantophobia is an aversion to flattery or insincere praise, which could overlap with anxiety about others being nice.
But if ChatGPT used it then it found it somewhere so there has to be other mentions of it.Philanthrophobia is not a word, but philanthropists can have a fear of wasting resources.
And my search also brought up a bunch of other stuff that describes me and is summed up basically as"deeply hurt and wounded." Like philophibia. I didn't know that was a word or concept beyond domestic abuse.