By speaking up, she hopes that she can break the stigma. “Because it’s not a well-known phobia and fear, I think people just see it as a joke and find it funny,” she said. “I wouldn’t be ...

So just what is it about clowns that makes people hide under their seats? Phobia specialist Adam Cox shares a few theories about why we might find them scary. “Firstly, they are unnatural,” he ...

This phobia triggers extreme anxiety and panic attacks, impacting her daily life significantly. Despite the severity of her condition, Woodman’s fear is often dismissed as a joke, which she ...