The Ghostbusters may not be afraid of no ghost, but plenty of people are. Phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts – and while there's no calendar or time constraints on phobias, Halloween and Día de los ...

I always thought phobias were dramatic inhibitions that stopped your life dead, like the germaphobe who practically lives in Saran Wrap to avoid contamination or the guy who can’t fly to his sister’s ...

Who's afraid of the dark? Plenty of people, both children and adults. But when does uneasiness at night or when the lights go out shift from something that's unpleasant to a clinical phobia? While ...

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 ...

Raise your hand if your child has experienced fears at bedtime that a monster might be lurking somewhere in their room, perhaps under the bed or hidden in a nearby closet. It turns out there’s a ...