The human mind harbors fears that go far beyond common anxieties about heights or spiders. Recent research has uncovered a ...

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

Sometimes, they develop through our repeated avoidance of minor anxious experiences or irrational, even superstitious, attempts to eliminate the feeling of fear. However they develop, or developed for ...

The Anxiety and Phobia Clinic that I direct has seen over 4,000 patients during the 43 years of its existence. There are individuals with a specific phobia, such as snakes or dogs, or birds, or bees.

Everyone is afraid of something—it’s what makes us human. From being scared of certain animals and objects to specific situations, the list of fears that people can have is endless. Though fears ...