The Science Behind Ocean Fear Thalassophobia is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water, such as the ocean, ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Look out! According to a new report, the biggest fear in Maryland is, apparently, holes. Trypophobia, the fear of clustered patterns of irregular holes, is the most Googled phobia ...

Halloween is a holiday that revels in our deepest, darkest fears, whether that's spiders, dark, confined spaces or gore galore. For many, confronting these fears by, for instance, visiting a haunted ...

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 ...

Phobias: More than fear FARGO - When Katie Gordon was a graduate student, she fainted as she was leaving a hospital after a blood draw. "I fainted and fell out of the elevator," she says. Now an ...

The word “phobia” is often used frequently to describe a general fear, in the same way “bipolar” gets thrown around to describe someone’s mood swing or “OCD” is used to reference someone’s dedication ...