Fear of trains the social norms of a realistic fear, this anxiety may be classified as a specific phobia about trains. "Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary" puts fear of trains under the "vehicle phobia", together with fears of boats, airplanes, automobiles, and other forms of transportation. A 1913 short story "Terror" by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is a first-person narrative of a young man suffering of the morbid fear of travel in trains and streetcars. Tanizaki uses the German word , "railroad sickness". Other travel-related anxieties include: Other transport-related disorders include: Fear of trains The fear of trains is anxiety and fear associated with trains, railways, and
The Gift of Fear Systems, which have been employed by various celebrities and government agencies to predict and prevent violence. Described by "The Boston Globe" as a "how-to book that reads like a thriller", "The Gift of Fear" spent four months on "The New York Times" bestseller list and was a #1 US bestseller. The Gift of Fear The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence is a nonfiction self-help book (Dell Publishing 1997, republished with new epilogue 1998) written by Gavin de Becker. The book demonstrates how every individual should learn to trust the inherent "gift" of their gut instinct.