Citations:haphephobia

Noun: "the fear of being touched"

 * 1894, Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, Volume 2, unnumbered page:
 * It is necessary to distinguish haphephobia from the syndrome described under the name of délire de toucher, the emotional disturbance produced especially after contact.
 * 1906, The Alienist and Neurologist, Volume 27, page 160:
 * I have seen true folie du toucher follow mysophobia and haphephobia pass into haphemania, the patient scream and crouch with insane fear at the slightest touch or run at ones [sic] approach.
 * 1983, Florence Schumer, Abnormal Psychology, Heath (1983), ISBN 9780669956955, page 7:
 * He is mentally disturbed: he has an intense, irrational fear of being touched (haphephobia; defense de toucher).
 * 2006, Sylvie Simmons, "I Hate His Fingers", in London Noir (ed. Cathi Unsworth), Akashic Books (2006), ISBN 9781936070367, page 100:
 * “Yeah, haphephobia's pretty commonplace, but if it's fingers, per se—well, dactylophobia's a new one on me.
 * 2009, Christina Fisanick, Crime and Criminals, Greenhaven Press (2009), ISBN 9780737743609, page 120:
 * As if we're all afflicted with haphephobia—the fear of being touched—we make peculiar distinctions about violence and non-violence.
 * 2010, Mahikol Torres, Living Through the Unknown, Lulu (2010), ISBN 9780557414710, page 31:
 * “I think that by what I've seen so far I can conclude that we have a case of haphephobia.” stated Dr. Smith.
 * “What's that?” asked mother.
 * “It's the fear of being touched.” responded Dr. Smith.
 * 2011, Ava Gray, Skin Heat, Berkley Sensation (2011), ISBN 9781101476833, unnumbered page:
 * She didn't think it could be mysophobia—a fear of germs—given the work he did at the clinic, but perhaps haphephobia?
 * 2011, E. L. James, Fifty Shades Darker, Vintage Books (2012), ISBN 9780345803498, page 412:
 * He realizes that his goal is a loving relationship with you. It's that simple, and that's what we're working on now. Of course there are obstacles—his haphephobia, for one."
 * His what? I gasp.
 * “I'm sorry. I mean his fear of being touched," Dr. Flynn says, shaking his head as if scolding himself.
 * 2013, Leesia Lindsay, "Paranormal Encounters", in From Every Corner, iUniverse (2013), ISBN 9781475992076, page 10:
 * My hair stood on end all over my body and my haphephobia, the fear of being touched, kicked into full gear.