Think your days of developing new phobias ended in childhood? Think again. While we often associate phobias with children afraid of the dark or monsters under the bed, research reveals a surprising ...

Phobias are often dismissed as quirky or humorous, but for those who experience them, they are anything but trivial. A phobia can be defined as an intense, irrational fear of an object, situation, or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Androphobia is an intense fear of men that is disproportionate to the threat they might pose and that negatively affects a person’s ability to function. For example, it may affect their work or social ...

Aquaphobia is a psychological condition characterized by intense fear of water. Trauma, anxiety, and genetics are risk factors, NIH clinical research suggests. CDC distinguishes hydrophobia (rabies ...