Roughly around 19 million Americans have at least one phobia, ranging from mild reactions to severe disruptions in daily life. Yet many people don't realize their intense fears cross into phobia ...

A specific phobia is an unrealistic or extreme fear of a specific discreet situation, object, or setting. These fears are persistent and cause those with the phobia to avoid situations in which ...

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Ever felt your heart racing before a big presentation, or maybe butterflies in your stomach when meeting someone new? That's anxiety, and it's actually pretty normal. The problem is, not all fear ...

Are you scared of one aspect of Halloween, or the entire holiday all together? Then you better learn the name of the phobia you might have. Check them out in the video above. A phobia is a type of an ...

When someone has a phobia, they often go out of their way to make sure they can avoid the thing or situation they're afraid of. Maybe they'll skip someone's wedding because they don't want to fly on a ...

Adults' phobias can be correlated with changes in the structure of their brains, a new study finds. What's more, the neurological differences seen in adults with phobias are more extensive than those ...

Gerascophobia is an irrational, severe fear of aging that increasingly triggers mental distress in adults entering their 30s.

Dental phobia (DP) is defined as a specific phobia, which is the fear or anxiety circumscribed to a particular situation or object in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth ...

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 ...

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