"There Are Dozens Of Us!!! Dozens!!": Being Never Nude Is A Real Thing

[Initech]

Of the many wonderfully nonsensical things the TV show “Arrested Development” has introduced us to – the mayonegg, hot ham water, each family member’s interpretation of the chicken dance – one of the most notable is the "never-nude".

On the show, which returns May 26 for a much-anticipated fourth season on Netflix, psychotherapist-turned-actor Tobias Funke suffers from the psychological condition and is pathologically afraid of being naked. He wears denim cut-offs at all times, even in the shower.

But it's not just a made-up quirk played for laughs. There really are people with a crippling fear of nudity, a condition called gymnophobia.

http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/17/18235807-gymnophobics-are-real-life-never-nudes?lite

Is that exactly what it sounds like?

[Aristus]

1. It is.

Gymnos is the Greek word for 'nude'.

Greek athletes used to exercise in the nude, so their workout facilities were called gymnasiums.

Thereby setting the scene, three thousand years in advance, of the horrors junior high school boys would have to face during and after PE.