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Fear is part of life. Fear of flying, fear of heights, fear of social settings – fear of death. In many cases, fear isn’t ...

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 ...

Most people think claustrophobia simply means being afraid of small rooms or elevators. While that's part of it, the truth runs much deeper than casual usage suggests. Claustrophobic people are not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Raise your hand if your child has experienced fears at bedtime that a monster might be lurking somewhere in their room, perhaps ...

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 ...

I recently came upon some articles about phobias. Phobias are more common than you might think. “A phobia is an extreme fear of a particular object or situation.” ...

The Ghostbusters may not be afraid of no ghost, but plenty of people are. Phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts – and while there's no calendar or time constraints on phobias, Halloween and Día de los ...

Plenty of people get the heebie-jeebies when they stand near the edge of a high cliff, and many would prefer not to pet a ...