What are the causes of dendrophobia?

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What are the causes of dendrophobia?

Possible causes of dendrophobia include:

  • Past traumatic events: People who’ve had a traumatic experience related to trees may develop dendrophobia. For example, you or someone else may have been hurt by a falling branch.
  • Negative stories about trees: Some people heard scary stories about trees during childhood. Others watched movies about trees with supernatural or dark powers.
  • Family history: Your risk of dendrophobia increases if you have a parent or close relative with a phobic disorder or anxiety disorder. And you may be more anxious than other people if you have a certain gene mutation (change).
  • Modeling: Seeing a person with dendrophobia or hearing someone talk about their fear of trees can cause you to have the same phobia.

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