Atelophobia: A Fear of Not Being Good Enough

Atelophobia is an anxiety disorder where the afflicted person feels like all they do is wrong. It comes  from Greek atelès, meaning “imperfect” or incomplete. Do you fear failure? Imperfection? Or that everything you do is simply not good enough? Do you think you might be atelophobic? Read on and find out. Symptoms Atelophobia is a mental illness whose symptoms manifest mentally, emotionally and physically. Mental symptoms include being clouded by the fear, always having a pessimistic view, extreme disappointment on failure, depression and an unrealistic response to a situation. Emotional symptoms manifest as constant worrying, a desire to walk

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In 1996, a small town in Utah mistakenly booked…

In 1996, a small town in Utah mistakenly booked Rage Against the Machine at a venue for tractor and monster truck shows. The locals panicked and businesses boarded up thinking the band’s followers would riot and vandalize everything.

Back in the Reagan era (1987), Joel Slater became so angry…

Back in the Reagan era (1987), Joel Slater became so angry at U.S. policies, that he decided to renounce his American citizenship. But, he didn’t acquire citizenship of another country first, so he made himself stateless. When he renounced his citizenship he was in Australia, and he wrongly assumed that he would be able to […]