What is tokophobia? Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy. It can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary is morbid fear of childbirth in a woman, who has no previous experience of pregnancy. Secondary is morbid fear of childbirth developing after a traumatic obstetric event in a previous pregnancy.

That's a delusion, not just tokophobia. I guess it doesn't matter since you're not going to be pregnant yourself. This reminds me of a friend who believed no women have orgasms from PIV, that it was just a social fiction that came from books and movies so people including herself copied that. This this persisted into her mid twenties.

2024年2月11日 · A support community for those that suffer from tokophobia, a fear of pregnancy. For community discussions, support posts, and relevant links.

2023年10月2日 · Tokophobia seems to be a word that gets thrown around a bit in this sub but never really delved into so i thought i'd create a post specifically to discuss the nuances around it and its context in the childfree community. For those that don't know, Tokophobia is the irrational fear of pregnancy and/or childbirth.

2022年10月27日 · Tokophobia is the fear of pregnancy and childbirth. Scrolling through twitter last night I stumbled on the term and to be honest it gave me a lot of relief to find out that it has a name. Not every person with this phobia is necessarily childfree (I read comments about people wanting to adopt because they couldn’t deal with the idea of going ...

2024年6月4日 · A support community for those that suffer from tokophobia, a fear of pregnancy. For community discussions, support posts, and relevant links.

2023年12月13日 · A support community for those that suffer from tokophobia, a fear of pregnancy. For community discussions, support posts, and relevant links.

2022年5月13日 · So whats with the argument that many women have tokophobia (fear of being pregnant/giving birth). As someone with Tokophobia (for myself, not fussed about others), I'd much rather die than endure pregnancy and birth. Am I going to stop having sex? No. I live in a country where access to abortion is settled and I can access it should I ever need to.

2023年12月8日 · Unless you're asexual, sex is a huge deal-breaking part of romantic relationships and our mental and emotional well-being. "Walking on the sidewalk" would probably mean sacrificing meaningful romantic relationships and/or sex forever. Tokophobia doesn't negate those needs and desires just because it can be at odds with them.

2021年11月25日 · The subreddit states that tokophobia is the fear of childbirth, but for me it’s also the fear of just being pregnant, I feel like a parasite is living inside of me and want to get rid of it asap. Update: I had the abortion today and I’ve never felt more relieved.