The trapezius muscle is one of the largest muscles, extending down from the neck to the middle of the upper back and stretching across the shoulder blades. The main job of the trapezius muscle is to stabilize and move the shoulder blades (scapula).
The affect phobia therapist views these conflicts as âaffect phobias,â a phobia about feelings. Similar to external phobias, a patient with an affect phobia avoids the experience and expression of certain feelings like anger and grief in a similar way a person with a phobia about bridges would avoid bridges.
Pocrescophobia is the fear of gaining weight. People with this phobia have to be careful because they might develop other psychological disorders, such as bulimia (eating food and throwing it up) or anorexia (refusing to eat). Pocrescophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page. Pocrescophobia is also called Obesophobia.