Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

I always thought phobias were dramatic inhibitions that stopped your life dead, like the germaphobe who practically lives in Saran Wrap to avoid contamination or the guy who can’t fly to his sister’s ...

Phobias can be undone when you face them. Source: cottonbro/Pexels No one wakes up in the morning hoping to be deathly and irrationally afraid of common objects or activities that seemingly no one ...

My dear high school friend will not take the down escalator. She will take it up, but when we shop together in department stores, we must always take the elevator down. Even for one floor. It’s a ...

Have you ever felt your heart race at the sight of tiny holes clustered together? Or maybe you've experienced a surge of panic when your phone battery dies? While these reactions might seem odd to ...

Everybody’s scared of something – spiders, tight spaces, public speaking, commitment. Fear can be a positive emotion, saving us from danger or causing us to reevaluate our feelings and perhaps deal ...