Follow her on Twitter @ParisBarraza. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: If you have a fear of deep bodies of water, don't visit these 9 Iowa lakes ...

Tracey's fear is known as thalassophobia. Sufferers are fearful of the ocean and large bodies of water. The mother says she used to watch on as husband Jon splashed around the water with their ...

is an intense and irrational fear of water. This fear can manifest in various forms, from fear of deep bodies of water like sea, river, or lakes to a fear of swimming pools or even a fear of water ...

More than 76 percent of people in Taiwan practice a folk religion, Buddhism, Taoism, or a blend of the above, and most ...