Definition of Hypengyophobia or the fear of responsibility. This
article provides information on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis
and treatment of this phobia. Hypengyophobia is an overwhelming,
irrational fear of responsibility. The hypengyophobic person
might be self-indulgent, neglecting all responsibilities, to the
expense of others. Other individuals coping with this phobia may
refuse to accept responsibility for anything and may actively
blame others when their failure to take responsibility results
in mistakes being made. Sometimes referred to as Hypegiaphobia,
this word derives from the Greek “hypengyos”, meaning
responsible and “phobos” meaning fear. What Causes
Hypengyophobia? As with all phobias, the person compromised by
Hypengyophobia has suffered a real-life trauma at some time in
their life. That traumatic experience is then consistently and
automatically associated with responsibility. Perhaps the
hypengyophobic individual has taken responsibility, in the past
and has failed. Maybe in that fail