Search results for: phobia
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Fear of snakes 'is of evolutionary origin'
10-21-2017 |
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A new study in Germany has suggested that we are born with an innate fear of snakes and spiders.
Why do some people have a fear of holes ?
7-13-2017 | 16
Scientists have come up with a new theory to explain what causes trypophobia - the fear of small holes.
A fear of spiders may be part of our DNA
4-6-2015 | 36
Arachnophobia could be an evolutionary response based on the danger that spiders posed to our ancestors.
Woman suffers from fear of all things yellow
4-4-2015 | 25
Lorraine Cobourn developed the curious phobia after being hit by a yellow taxi and breaking her hip.
Woman is terrified of newspapers
1-28-2014 | 20
One woman from Kent suffers form an unusual phobia that makes her frightened of newspapers.
Are phobias passed down through DNA ?
12-2-2013 | 19
Scientists believe that phobias may be passed down between generations through a person's DNA.
Scientists discover 'fear of holes'
9-9-2013 | 31
A previously unrecognized phobia of objects filled with holes could be a human survival instinct.
Mass spider congregation filmed in Brazil
VIDEO 2-10-2013 | 39
Anyone suffering from arachnophobia may want to steer clear of Santo Antônio da Platina for a while.
World's weirdest phobias revealed
7-2-2011 | 31
Everyone's heard of a fear of heights or spiders, but what are some of the lesser known phobias ?
Bananaphobia: woman terrified for 20 years
7-1-2011 | 11
23 year-old Paula Ross has been absolutely terrified of the yellow fruit for her whole life.
Millions paralyzed by Friday 13th phobia
5-13-2011 | 37
To most it's any ordinary day but to some Friday 13th is a time when fear and anxiety go in to overdrive.
Woman diagnosed with bananaphobia
8-25-2010 | 19
A 21-year-old children's worker is so scared of bananas that she has been diagnosed as suffering from bananaphobia.
Injection could cure phobias
3-24-2010 | 22
Scientists have claimed that it may be possible to cure a phobia with nothing more than a simple injection.
Woman diagnosed with fear of vegetables
11-10-2009 | 17
A 22-year-old student from Portsmouth suffers from a rare phobia which renders her terrified of vegetables. The conditio...
What really scares people
10-25-2009 | 26
Most of us have an extreme fear or phobia of something, whether it be the sight of a certain eight-legged arachnid or th...
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