They may, for example, avoid ill fitted, poor quality and revealing clothes, changing rooms, washrooms, showers, gyms, hostels, hotel rooms, medical facilities, security facilities, pools and beaches.
It applies to any place where two-way mirrors and hidden cameras can be put, and phones or recording devices could be used; however, the condition can be regarded as hypochondriasis or an anxiety disorder if the person cannot control the phobia or it is interfering with their daily life and medical examinations.
[3][4] The term gymnophobia comes from the Greek γυμνός - gumnos, "naked"[5] and φόβος - phobos, "fear".
[6] A phobia that has a significant amount of overlap with gymnophobia is dishabiliophobia, which is the fear of undressing in front of others.
[7] Gymnophobia has been likened to the fictional condition "never-nude" portrayed in the comedy series Arrested Development.