Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have looked at how the brain learns to suppress responses to fear, ...

A British mother says her extreme phobia of vomit has left her suicidal — and unable to leave the house. Alex Sim-Wise, 43, says the crippling fear, known as emetophobia, began when she was ...

My shadow phobia started after spending eight grade through my senior year of high school wearing a metallic, lavender Maybelline shade on my lids and lower lash line.

A phobia is a type of anxiety. It's an irrational, unreasonable fear of an object or situation. Common phobias may be fear of the heights, dark, fear of certain animals such as snakes or spiders ...

Fear is hardwired into our brains from the moment we’re born. Loud noises and creepy-crawly insects just naturally give us […] ...

Cynophobia describes an intense fear of dogs. People with cynophobia may experience panic attacks, feelings of dread, and heart palpitations around dogs.

Megalophobia involves an excessive fear of large objects that can cause severe anxiety or dread. Treatments typically involve behavioral therapy. Learn more.

Alex Denley, a 23-year-old philosophy doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, doesn’t seem like someone who would be vaccine hesitant. They’re determined to stop COVID-19 ...

Video games aren’t entertainment, they’re how I go outside Mobile games are a valuable lifeline for my phobia ...