The phobia is often listed among more unusual conditions, like the fear of hair, dinner parties, or belly buttons. Yet while some odd phobias spark curiosity or compassion, this one is more frequently ...

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 ...

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, ...

Alexinomia is the newest addition to a growing list of widely misunderstood fears. Here's how it psychologically strains the ones who harbor it. “Alexinomia,” Greek for “no words for names,” is a ...

While it's an everyday nuisance for most, people with arachibutyrophobia feel intense anxiety about the sensation of peanut butter sticking to the roof of their mouth. The fear isn't about allergies ...

CALIFORNIA (KTXL) — If you have homichlophobia, you may not want to live in San Francisco. If you have heliophobia, then Sacramento is not the place for you, and if you have a particularly strong ...

Everybody’s scared of something – spiders, tight spaces, public speaking, commitment. Fear can be a positive emotion, saving us from danger or causing us to reevaluate our feelings and perhaps deal ...

I've felt this way since I discovered phobias.com, a Web site featuring a comprehensive list of phobias. Some of the phobias I consider common. I mean, who doesn't suffer from ballistophobia, which is ...