S. adults had specific phobia in the past year, which translates to millions of people struggling with intense, irrational fears. Some phobias are well known - spiders, heights, enclosed spaces. These ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Geralyn Dexter, PhD, LMHC Key Takeaways Megalophobia is a fear of big things like buildings or animals.

A specific phobia is an unrealistic or extreme fear of a specific discreet situation, object, or setting. These fears are persistent and cause those with the phobia to avoid situations in which ...

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Are you scared of one aspect of Halloween, or the entire holiday all together? Then you better learn the name of the phobia you might have. Check them out in the video above. A phobia is a type of an ...

Ranidaphobia is the medical term for a phobia of frogs and toads. A phobia is an intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. Treatment may include exposure therapy or ...

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Raise your hand if your child has experienced fears at bedtime that a monster might be lurking somewhere in their room, perhaps under the bed or hidden in a nearby closet. It turns out there’s a ...