Fred Johnson Has Worked Hard All of His Life to Make

question 81

Multiple Choice

Fred Johnson has worked hard all of his life to make a decent living for himself and his family.However,in recent years he has become obsessed with a fear of being ruined,either because of losing his job or losing all of his savings.According to clinical psychologists,Fred Johnson's fear of being ruined is equated to ________.

• A) atephobia
• B) harpaxophia
• C) peniaphobia
• D) aurophobia

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Depression

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