There are some pretty weird fears out there: alektorophobia (fear of chickens), pogonophobia (fear of beards), nephophobia ...

Gradually exposing yourself to the source of your fear may help you overcome it. Here's how exposure therapy worked for ...

If you have trypanophobia also called a fear of needles, talk to your doctor before receiving a shot. Therapy and anxiety ...

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, fear of shortages led people to engage in panic buying, notably stockpiling ...

It’s spooky season! Halloween is synonymous with trick or treating, haunted houses and horror movies. But nearly 1 in 10 people have a fear of weather, including phobias of the weather. According to a ...

Everyone has a few weird anxieties and odd circumstances that might result in some level of fear. However, when the fear becomes aspirated or excessive, it might become a phobia. A phobia is described ...

Clusters of tiny holes or bumps can spark strong aversion in people with trypophobia, a condition researchers link more to ...

Phobias: More than fear FARGO - When Katie Gordon was a graduate student, she fainted as she was leaving a hospital after a blood draw. "I fainted and fell out of the elevator," she says. Now an ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Do you have a unique phobia? Those with autophobia, the fear of being alone, need not worry in being alone in their fears. According to the National Institute of Mental Health ...

Ranidaphobia is the medical term for a phobia of frogs and toads. A phobia is an intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. Treatment may include exposure therapy or ...