Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.

"Phobias are the most common mental disorder," says R. Reid Wilson, PhD, spokesman for the American Psychological Association. "Over their lifetimes, 11% of people will have a phobia." What are ...

but some phobias go way beyond the realm of common fears. Have you ever wondered about the unusual and bizarre fears that some people might experience? While many of us are familiar with common ...

I think the big, big lesson I try to give people in the book is that a life without fear is a much better one,' he said.

Recently, multiple safety incidents and industry disruptions have rattled confidence in airlines for some, while leading others to fearfully avoid air travel entirely.

and realised you have arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. Living in Hong Kong, where so many people live in skyscrapers, it’s rare to meet someone with acrophobia, or a fear of heights.

People aren't born with a clown phobia, but they can certainly be genetically predispositioned to have an anxiety disorder. But a specific fear of clowns either comes because you had a traumatic ...

The Trump administration has unleashed a wave of policies that have made life more complicated for transgender and nonbinary ...

However, if you have social anxiety or social phobia, which is the fear of being around people, public speaking, initiating or continuing conversations. That's something that comes up every day.

No one’s really sure how this fear may develop, beyond the standard cause of childhood trauma. Some people though have theorised that it could have something to do with the importance of the ...