Phobias come in many different forms. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Aviophobia is the fear of flying. Felinophobia is the fear of cats. Myxophobia is the fear of slime. Xyrophobia is the fear ...

The word phobia comes from the Ancient Greek god of fear, Phobos. The unveiling of the new iPhone 11 Pro has apparently triggered some people’s fear of small holes. If you’ve never heard of ...

Batman's fear of bats may be confusing to the uninitiated ... have one critical weakness that shakes him to his core: fire. This phobia has roots in his Martian heritage, as his kind all turn ...

That is, unless you have an actual fear of flying, known as aviophobia. People with aviophobia have a deep-rooted, continual fear of flying that’s much more than a fleeting feeling of uneasiness.

While many of us spend the summer excitedly counting down the seconds until we down tools, fire up the out of office and head to warmer climes for a fortnight, for those with a flying phobia the ...