Kainotophobia - An Abnormal Fear of Newness.

"A Medical Term That Defines Abnormal Fear of Newness or Fear of Changes.

Kainotophobia (Cainotophobia), this word come to my mind many days ago when I observed people around me and people are afraid of innovation or newness and want to adopt the same concept that has been around for a long time.

            I am trying to find a proper and detailed description of this Kainotophobia term, only the meaning of this word found on the internet.

           I think Fear of change doesn't just mean of changing things at home and work, but also changing the way of thinking and living. More than anything, some people neither want to change the way they live nor do they want to let the people around them change.

          In my article, I have used the term Kainotophobia for those people who never want the people around them and their children to go out and think different from their views. If this happens they will be left alone and their will be no one to listen to them and serve them.

For example, Once I met the children of my closest relative. The children were very interesting and intelligent and wanted to go out for studies but their mother did not agree. When I asked the reason, they said that the children are still too young not to be alone away from home, while these children are at that stage of age where they have made a step towards understanding the world and now they have to start the age of learning and seeing the world outside the home.

       when I was trying to explain them the benefits of education, the children's mother told me clearly that if they go out and get education then they will forget me and who will serve me.

I shocked, who has such thoughts in the 21st century.

Next example, similarly some people do not want to change the condition of things in their house. Things lie in one place for long periods of time, never to be refurbished or rearranged, even when they start to look old and worn out. Like -  some old photo frame and pictures of childhood memories and pictures of past young life, the elders of the house do not want to replace them or nor allow them to be removed from that place and kept some where else.

Experience, once while teaching in school, I felt like explaining to children in a new way, but at the same time a senior teacher came and started shouting that you cannot do it in any new way or with any new words. She told me that she has 25 years of experience or I will have to follow her method.  She doesn't want to change her 25 years old teaching method, she doesn't want to bring any innovation in education.

Another, I have seen in my In-law's village that women are not interested in new traditions of life and do not want to change according to the younger generation. She  thinks that if we let the change happen, the next generation will start doing what they want and then we will loss control in the house and no one will ask us.

So, In order that no new change takes place, those women will create such a tense atmosphere in the house by resorting to hypocrisy, due to which the new change will have to be avoided.

Some people want to drive everyone according to their mind set. Get angry if someone act out of their way.

    Finally there are  lot of experiences about the fear of changes or fear of newness.

          Without any research how we can we define whether it is Kainotophobia in medical terms or not.

If we define it based on the definition of Kainotophobia, then Kainotophobia is the fear of any change, whether it is the fear of changing the location of an object or person, the fear of changing thoughts or any change that  generates newness and positive energy,

I define Kainotophobia/ Cainotophobia according to my thoughts and experience. Please share your thoughts on what you understand by the term Kainotophobia.

Seema Choudhary