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Phobias

How Avoidance Will Make You Fearful

Jonathan Alpert | Posted 04.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Jonathan Alpert

Think about everything you are missing out on because of what you are avoiding. How much richer could your life become if you didn't feel the need to hide from your fears? What would you be able to do? Supposing you were not fearful, think how great your life would be.

Primal Fear

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 04.02.2013 | Parents
Leda Natkin Nelis

My husband, much to my dismay, announced last week that he hates the Caribbean. My idea of heaven is twelve days on a lounge bed in the scorching sun, an eight hundred-page Henry James novel and plastic goblet of pinot grigio at hand.

Experts Say Fear Of Flying Is Treatable

AP | BETH J. HARPAZ | Posted 12.19.2012 | Travel

NEW YORK (AP) — Earlier this month, NBA rookie Royce White disclosed that he is afraid to fly and said he expects to travel by bus to play in at lea...

Panic Disorder and Men: Courageous Conquerors or Just Brave Faces?

Nichola Petts | Posted 12.18.2012 | Healthy Living
Nichola Petts

As I was putting my last article together, I became really curious about why it seemed that almost all of the people who came forward and offered to share their personal experiences with me regarding anxiety were women.

No More Fear: How Exposure Therapy Works (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Elizabeth Kuster | Posted 09.28.2012 | Healthy Living

What's your phobia? Spiders? Snakes? Are you scared of the dark? Whatever your bugaboo, I have some good news: According to a recent study, you might ...

Are YOU Afraid Of The Dark? It Might Be More Common Than You Think

Posted 08.30.2012 | Healthy Living

After serving for more than 10 years as the advice columnist for British newspaper The Observer, Mariella Frostrup let readers in on a dilemma of her...

How to Go Back to School Without Anxiety: A Q and A with Dr. Tamar Chansky

Tamar Chansky | Posted 10.21.2012 | Parents
Tamar Chansky

Summer is quickly drawing to a close and as you gather your back to school supplies, don't forget to equip your child with some good tips for making it a great, anxiety-free transition.

Fearless Eating: It May Be In Our Genes

Jaimal Yogis | Posted 10.19.2012 | Healthy Living
Jaimal Yogis

It makes sense that food neophobia likely evolved, as the researchers state, to prevent mammals from eating poisonous foods. It makes sense that neophobia was important enough to our survival that it became a part of our DNA.

WATCH: Your Turn: Phobias

Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas

Everyone is afraid of something! Some people don't like heights and others are afraid of public speaking. Do you have any phobias? var src_url="...

WATCH: Don't Be Your Own Buzzkill!

Terri Cole | Posted 09.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Terri Cole

Start saying "yes" to the joy-filled life you seek and start saying "no" to the people and situations that deplete you of joy.

A British Student Will Freak When She Sees These Buttons

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.29.2012 | Weird News

Just the thought of buttoning a cardigan can make a college student in Great Britain break out in a sweat. Hannah Matthews, 21, has a condition cal...

5 Ways to Reduce Fear

Linda Durnell | Posted 08.10.2012 | Healthy Living
Linda Durnell

Let this moment be your starting point, so to speak, for a release of fear, and enjoy the peace and comfort that will surely take its place.

Fears, Phobias and Foibles

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 08.02.2012 | Parents
Leda Natkin Nelis

My son will always struggle more than his neurotypical peers to master the art of reading non-verbal cues, but I have found that practice really helps.

What My 3-Year-Old Taught Me About Fear

Sarah Chang | Posted 07.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Sarah Chang

I don't profess to be fearless. In fact, I'm scared of a great many things.

PHOTOS: Blood, And 9 Other Most Common Phobias

Jordan Smoller | Posted 07.18.2012 | Books
Jordan Smoller

So what are the most common irrational fears and phobias? Terrorism? Cancer? Commitment? Nope. According to research studies of the U.S. population, the top fears and phobias are closely tied to the kinds of threats our ancestors had to worry about.

VIDEO: Let Go And Leap! Your Anti-Phobia Rx

Terri Cole | Posted 07.12.2012 | Healthy Living
Terri Cole

You will be amazed what shifts in your life when you acknowledge and face your fears on purpose.

Chickensh*t Soup for the Soul

Vivian Manning-Schaffel | Posted 07.12.2012 | Healthy Living
Vivian Manning-Schaffel

How many fearful thoughts scroll across your mental Twitter feed each day?

PHOTOS: Strangest Travel Phobias

Travel + Leisure | Posted 06.24.2012 | Travel
Travel + Leisure

Disneyland's Space Mountain is infamous for long lines, but the only visitors it literally scares away are those who suffer from macrophobia, the fear of waits.

Author: Writing My Book Almost Killed Me

Sara Benincasa | Posted 04.15.2012 | Books
Sara Benincasa

Originally published by Bookish: When I was younger, I thought the average memoirist must have it easy. After all, her only duty was to report what h...

9 Books That Cause Irrational Phobias

| Posted 02.10.2012 | Books

By Gabe Habash for PWxyz: One of the many benefits of books is that they provide catharsis. They have the rare power of purging stress and bad emot...

Making Math More Than a Numbers Game

Ellen Siminoff | Posted 01.17.2012 | Home
Ellen Siminoff

If the student can "speak math," the numeric Code of Hammurabi is unearthed and the otherwise garbled texts suddenly come alive. Teachers can then teach. A virtuous cycle is born.

Boooooooo! What Tricks, Treats Terrify You?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.24.2011 | Los Angeles
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

It's the season of Halloween, or maybe Dia de Los Muertos, and besides carving pumpkins, loading up on mini-bags of peanut M&Ms and thinking lots about the dead, we also pause at this time of year to, sort of, celebrate our fears.

Phobias You've Probably Never Heard Of

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 08.30.2011 | Healthy Living

Everyone is afraid of something, and some people are afraid of everything. They're Panophobics. While there's a fine line between fears and phob...

Do You Ever Feel Like You're Going Crazy?

Carol W. Berman, M.D. | Posted 08.12.2011 | Healthy Living
Carol W. Berman, M.D.

Do you ever feel like you're going crazy? Does your heart suddenly beat rapidly? Do you get the sweats waiting for a bus or the train? Do you feel impending doom when nothing is wrong?

Friday The 13th: 13 Superstitions That Show Our Fear Of The Number 13 (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Friday the 13th is said to be unlucky because it combines a historically unlucky day and unlucky number. The No. 13 has long gotten the human race ri...