RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
May 22, 2021 at 3:38 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2021 at 3:40 pm by Angrboda.)
Apeirophobia is the irrational and excessive fear of infinity and the uncountable, causing discomfort and sometimes panic attacks from intrusive thoughts of the infinity. It normally starts in adolescence, but in some rare cases, it can start before then. From Greek άπειρος (ápeiros) "infinite, boundless" and φόβος (phóbos) "fear". It may be caused by existential dread about eternal life after death. This fear is often connected with thanatophobia (fear of dying) since many sufferers would believe that eternity follows life, especially learning that afterlife would never end.