Fear of commitment Fear of commitment In self-help literature, fear of commitment is the avoidance of long-term partnership or marriage. The concept is often much more pervasive, affecting school, work, and home life as well. The term "commitmentphobia" was coined in the popular self-help book "Men Who Can't Love" in 1987. Following criticism of the perceived sexist idea that only men were commitmentphobic, the authors provided a more gender balanced model of commitmentphobia in a later work, " He's Scared, She's Scared" (1995). When aversion to marriage involves fear it's called gamophobia. A hatred of marriage is called "misogamy". Besides the common criticisms
Fear Itself (K-9) Fear Itself (K-9) "Fear Itself" is an episode in the Australian/British science fiction drama television series "K-9". It is the sixth episode of Series 1. London is out of control, and riots erupt due to a strange irrational fear that fills the air. The focal point of the paranoia is based in an old junkyard where a strange alien consciousness is at work. Darius is in a junkyard to find a device when he is approached by two strange vagrants who say the junkyard belongs to them and tell Darius to leave. They lock Darius in a wardrobe. When he