What is metathesiophobia?

Metathesiophobia is the fear of change, it is a persistent, unrealistic, intense anxiety about and fear of new or different situations, circumstances, or objects.

How do members experience metathesiophobia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with metathesiophobia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for metathesiophobia*

Who has metathesiophobia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 9
30s 5
40s 2
50s 2
60s 1
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 5
Female 15