Spectrophobia (derived from Latin: spectrum, n. specio, an appearance, form, image of a thing; an apparition, spectre) or catoptrophobia (from Greek κάτοπτρον kátoptron, "mirror") is a kind of specific phobia involving an abnormal and persistent fear of mirrors, and an anxiety about seeing one's own face reflected in them.
[citation needed] This phobia is distinct from eisoptrophobia, which is the fear of one's own reflection.
Sufferers of spectrophobia can fear the breaking of a mirror bringing extreme bad luck.
[citation needed] They can fear the thought of something frightening jumping out of the mirror, or seeing something disturbing inside of it next to their own reflection when looking directly at it.
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