As an ICU nurse and EMT, Kathy Machuga has seen it all, and yet she is still scared to death of going to the dentist. "It is like anxiety on steroids," she said. "It's a terrible thing. I cannot ...

Chemophobia treats chemistry itself as contamination while ignoring toxicology’s most basic principle: the dose makes the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Nobody in the world is truly fearless. Whether it’s spiders, ...

Anxiety about visiting the dentist is very common. Dentist phobias are more severe and can prevent people from getting the care they need. With support, dental phobias are treatable. Options include ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyone is afraid of something—it’s what makes us human. From being scared of certain animals and objects to specific situations, ...

A waitress says she has a ketchup phobia – while a therapist told Fox News Digital that she could be making the situation worse by talking about it. Alexandriah Govan, 23, of Glasgow, Scotland, ...

MARRIED At First Sight bride Leigh Harris has revealed her secret battle with a “debilitating” crippling phobia. The reality ...

Everyone’s afraid of something, but sometimes our fears are so strong they affect our lives in surprisingly significant ways. Though frogs might not seem very intimidating, the fear of frogs is ...

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 ...

Some people develop phobias during childhood, others during adolescence and some don’t until their early adulthood. Research suggests that phobias can occur from a variety of things. They can be ...