Anthropophobia, the fear of other people, is the most-searched phobia online in 2020, according to a survey. Anthropophobia, the fear of other people, is the most-searched phobia online in 2020, ...

What’s your biggest fear? Arachnophobia, manophobia, trypophobia, anthropophobia, aviophobia, coulrophobia, trypanophobia, hemophobia? If spiders give you the heebie-jeebies, you’re not alone. The ...

CALEDONIA — What terrifies you the most? Horror films? The creepy basement at Grandma's house? That noise coming from the woods every night around 3 a.m.? Your mother-in-law saying "Here, try this"?

Most people will think of spiders, death, and tall heights when it comes to fears, but it turns out many fear things like holes and other people. The month of October brings many of our fears front ...

Commitment phobia can include fear of commitment across several dimensions, not just romantic relationships. It can include fear of deep friendship and a reluctance to commit to a job or career.

Fear is a natural instinct that helps protect us from harm, but some phobias go way beyond the realm of common fears. Have ...

Automatonophobia is a fear of human-like figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots. It’s a specific phobia, or a fear of something that causes significant and ...

Anxiety is a common and impairing problem for children and adolescents. The principal treatment for pediatric anxiety involves having children face their fears in a stepwise approach through a ...

Megan Thee Stallion was left with a phobia of playing live after she was shot in 2020. The 29-year-old performer was injured by rapper Tory Lanez, 32, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for ...

Stayc Simpson’s blood pressure readings are all over the place. Her heart rate is fluctuating wildly. After struggling with heart failure and coronary artery disease for 15 years, undergoing a double ...

Phobias can be undone when you face them. Source: cottonbro/Pexels No one wakes up in the morning hoping to be deathly and irrationally afraid of common objects or activities that seemingly no one ...

Kids can have phobias about needles, dogs, darkness and more. Here’s how to help them cope. By Melinda Wenner Moyer This story was originally published on Nov. 18, 2019 in NYT Parenting. One day this ...