Nomophobia: When Your Phone Becomes Your Lifeline Let's be real. The vast majority of us can't remember the last time we left ...

People with a phobia experience extreme, disabling and irrational fear of something that poses little or no danger. Many phobics may acknowledge that their fear is out of proportion to the true danger ...

You step into the elevator to make your way up to your doctor’s appointment. You felt absolutely fine in the lobby, but as you walk down the hall towards the doctor’s office, your heart begins to beat ...

A phobia is a strong but irrational fear of something specific — usually an object, a situation, a person, or an experience. Having a phobia is not uncommon: According to the National Institute of ...

Fears are a common part of an individual’s life. However, a phobia is more than a simple fear. It starts and develops into something much bigger when the affected person begins to organise their life ...

Fears and phobias are part of our daily life. In fact, it’s estimated that 12.5 percent of Americans will experience a specific phobia, like a driving phobia. While it might seem logical to link the ...

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 ...

This was no monotone metaphor, either. The phobia in hydrophobia was not just about fear. It pictured American slavery as a vicious, inhuman, rampaging beast, surrendered to a furious insanity. An ...