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

Phobias are an intense fear of something, like heights or certain animals, that causes significant distress. They’re typically treated with therapy, medication, or a combination of both.

Acrophobia is a severe fear of heights, either through direct exposure to or thinking about heights, that can lead to symptoms like anxiety, panic attacks and avoiding situations involving heights ...

As anyone who has a fear of heights will tell you, the experience of height phobia is an unusually frightening one—and yes, I’m one of them. As adventure blogger Zabdiel Scoon explains, “As ...

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 ...

Facing your fear of spiders may also help with other phobias, including a fear of heights, according to a new study. A new paper in the journal Translational Psychiatry reveals that when people ...

Fear vs. Phobia. According to the American Psychological Association, ... If the anxiety is specific to one thing—sharks, insects, heights, public speaking, small spaces, ...

Still, trypophobia can wreak havoc on the lives of those who do have it. Philip recalls treating one client with trypophobia who refused to go outside, for fear of encountering lizards or snakes.

While fears of vomiting, driving, flying and needles are some of the most common phobias, there are others that occur more rarely, such as a fear of falling or a fear of chickens. A to Z List of ...

Trypophobia, the fear of clustered patterns of irregular holes, is the most Googled phobia in Maryland, with over 145,000 searches. The list of Maryland’s most Googled phobias was compiled by ...