Fear of trains fear about rail travel was heightened after British surgeon John Eric Erichsen described a post-traumatic diagnosis known as railway spine or "Erichsen's disease". People diagnosed with this had no obvious injury and were rejected as fake. Nowadays it is known that traffic accidents may cause posttraumatic stress disorder. It has been variously called as "train phobia", "railroad phobia", "dread of railway travel", etc. The German term "Eisenbahnangst" used, e.g., by Sigmund Freud was literally converted into Greek as "siderodromophobia" (Eisen = sideron = iron, Bahn = dromos = way, Angst = phobos = fear). In cases when this anxiety exceeds
Realm of Fear Realm of Fear "Realm of Fear" is the 128th episode of the American science fiction television series "". It is the second episode of the . "Realm of Fear" primarily focuses on Reginald Barclay's paralyzing fear of the transporter. The "Enterprise" comes to the assistance of the USS "Yosemite", a science vessel where several crewmen have gone missing after a transporter accident. The "Enterprise" is unable to transport directly to the ship due to interference, but Lt. Reginald Barclay suggests linking the transporter systems of both ships, allowing them to transport one-by-one to the "Yosemite" albeit after a lengthy dematerialization/materialization