When you were little, you probably figured adulthood meant finally outgrowing all your fears, right? But spoiler alert, being an adult just introduces a whole new set of things to stress about, like ...

Derived from a Greek word for a grave, taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive. Historically, this grim fate was far ...

The ticking of a clock can feel like a countdown you can’t escape. For people with chronophobia, time itself becomes ...

Phobias are often associated with common fears like heights, spiders or the dark, but the human mind can form anxieties around things far more unusual and that can be imagined generally. Hidden deep ...

When someone casually tells a person with a real phobia to "just face your fears," it's like telling someone with a broken ...

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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 ...

For decades, public speaking topped the list of common phobias among Americans. Now, financial insecurity has taken center stage. The prospect of retirement, once viewed as a well-deserved reward for ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The fear of flying is a very real thing for more than 25 million people in the U.S. Recent air travel disasters like the deadly midair collision near Washington, DC can have ...