A 26-year-old office worker, Kim, who lives alone in a multi-family housing complex in Seoul’s Mapo-gu, feels on edge every ...

Everyday fears should not be confused with phobias. A phobia is defined as a persistent irrational fear of a specific object, activity or situation, which leads ...

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 ...

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

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

According to Myran, dental fear is easily understandable from a psychological perspective. But it’s also clear that dentistry’s inherent physicality exacerbates the issue. Myran said this is ...

Scott Stossel wisely once said, "There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias, and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone who has a phobia of it." ...

Everyone has fears to some extent. Some fears are more like 'I'd rather not be near a snake' versus 'I will freeze up and not be able to move if I see a snake'. See the difference? Some fears are far ...

The phobia is often listed among more unusual conditions, like the fear of hair, dinner parties, or belly buttons. Yet while some odd phobias spark curiosity or compassion, this one is more frequently ...