Megalophobia is a specific phobia where a person has an intense fear of large objects, such as huge buildings, animals, or statues. This fear can cause anxiety when encountering or thinking about a ...

A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving excessive and persistent fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an immediate anxiety response. Phobias are one of the ...

med.uni-heidelberg.de Objective: To investigate systematically the rate and type of phobia in stiff man syndrome and its variants, and to compare patients with stiff man syndrome with and without ...

While they may look exceedingly similar at first glance, there are several differences between llamas and alpacas. These animals share similarities in body shape, have feet instead of hooves, and both ...

More than 16 million of us apparently suffer from an anxiety disorder or phobia that affects our lives in some way. But today, the Government will announce a multi-million-pound grant to fund ...

Child with young Alpaca. Image via. Peter van der Sluijs, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons You can start with a ...

Some people are afraid of string. Seeing a ball of twine brings them out in a cold sweat. Don't believe me? Get knotted - it's a recognised medical condition, called linonophobia. The clinical ...

(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) If you have social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, the stress of these situations is too much to handle. You might, for example, avoid all ...

One of the more unique attractions on Martha's Vineyard, Island Alpaca is a hit with recent visitors for its friendly animals and well-stocked gift shop. Spread across 19 acres, the farm features ...

We are a strange species. As human beings, we have accomplished the physically impossible, yet somehow, the concept of phobias is still rampant within our society. It is astounding how many of us are ...

Ollie has a balloon phobia. For Nick it's mice. And Nina being a car passenger. All three prepare to face their phobia, hoping for a cure.