Spiders made my throat tighten up, and I was terrified of heights, public speaking, and deep open water. I was afraid of being embarrassed in public, afraid of home invasions, and afraid of the ...

Fear of heights, the ocean, confined spaces, or simply the idea of being stranded in nature with no recourse can be more stressful than a horror movie about a haunted house or a masked killer.

Tara Eastcott, a clinical psychotherapist in private practice, first realized she had acrophobia, an intense fear of heights, while 50 feet off the ground in what was supposed to be a romantic hot ...

"The amygdala, for instance, seemed to carry information that predicted fear during the heights context, but not some of the ...

KOBE--Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi is one of the world’s largest suspension bridges and now a tour takes visitors to the top of one of the 300-meter-high main towers that support the massive structure ...

So I leaned on it and it collapsed. I’m afraid of heights, so it’s ironic I think.” Bubka only began playing daily again last December, when he hired Jack Reader, the former coach of Alex ...

Phobias come in many different forms. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Aviophobia is the fear of flying. Felinophobia is the fear of cats. Myxophobia is the fear of slime. Xyrophobia is the fear ...