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 ...

Does standing on the fifth-floor balcony give you weak knees? Is the mere mention of spiders enough to make you scream? Or maybe you can’t stay in a room without at least one lamp? Don’t worry, you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phobias aren’t always about spiders, snakes, or heights. Sometimes, they creep into everyday life in ways that feel silly on the ...

Fame doesn't protect anyone from fear. Celebrities walk red carpets, perform to thousands, and face cameras without flinching. Yet put them near a butterfly or a revolving door, and suddenly Hollywood ...

If long words are so terrifying they make your body shake, you suffer from the surprising – and ironically named – hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fear of flying is more common than you might think. Many people find themselves gripping their armrests, feeling jittery, or even ...

Some people have some weird phobias which could turn out to be serious and affect how they relate with others, their love lives in particular The English dictionary defines phobia as an extreme or ...

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 ...

Alfred Hitchcock knew what you feared and how to play with those fears to deliver some of Hollywood’s most iconic films. He even created new fears, like the banality of taking a shower, instantly ...

Does the above picture of a lotus seed pod freak you out? If so, there’s a chance you suffer from trypophobia, the fear of small holes in certain configurations. You know what else apparently could ...