Think phobias are just about spiders and heights? Let's be real, the landscape of what terrifies us is shifting dramatically.

Phobias are often dismissed as quirky or humorous, but for those who experience them, they are anything but trivial. A phobia can be defined as an intense, irrational fear of an object, situation, or ...

Fear and greed cycles are the emotional rhythm that repeats in financial markets over time. When investors feel hopeful, they ...

Fear is one of our most ancient emotions, wired into our brains to keep us alive. Yet while most people occasionally feel scared of heights or spiders, some develop intense phobias that can completely ...

As an ICU nurse and EMT, Kathy Machuga has seen it all, and yet she is still scared to death of going to the dentist. "It is like anxiety on steroids," she said. "It's a terrible thing. I cannot ...

The 2025 Survey of American Fears, released on October 21, finds that 69% of respondents are afraid or very afraid of ...

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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 tarantula or cradle a boa constrictor. But for some people, their fears ...

It’s that time of year when we celebrate something we usually hate: fear. We visit haunted houses and corn mazes or binge-watch the scariest horror movies. But our relationship with fear is ...