If a person experiences extreme anxiety around artificial intelligence or significantly alters their lifestyle to avoid AI technologies, they likely have a clinical phobia of AI. This phobia won't just go away on its own as AI technologies will likely become more common in everyday life. So if you or someone in your life suffers from an intense fear of AI, keep reading … [Read more...]

Atelophobia, or the fear of imperfection, is one of many mental health conditions that can negatively impact a person’s life. Like with many other phobias, atelophobia can often be treated so that people with the condition can lead better lives with less mental anguish. What Is Atelophobia? People who experience atelophobia have an extreme fear of imperfection. This … [Read more...]

Euphobia is the fear of hearing good news. The name derives from the Greek eu, meaning "good" or "true," and phobia, meaning "fear." It's considered a rare phobia, although the exact incidence rate worldwide is unknown. In fact, as it was first identified rather recently, there are not currently a lot of statistics or information about it. It is important to note that … [Read more...]

Fear is a very natural instinct. It's a largely involuntary response to a perceived threat. However, irrational fears can dramatically impact your quality of life, especially unusual fears such as the fear of stairs. Officially known as bathmophobia, the fear of steep slopes or stairs makes life difficult unless you work and live on the ground floor and reside in a flat … [Read more...]

Many think of fear as represented by the acronym "FEAR," False Evidence Appearing Real. It suggests that fear is somewhat of an illusion. Sometimes people fear things that do not seem like things to be feared, even though the fear appears real. Stenophobia or the fear of narrow things or places, for instance. Whether rational or not, the fear is real to the person … [Read more...]

If you have joined the many new enthusiasts of the hit show The Last of Us, then you already know how frightening mushrooms can be. In a world where the right mutation meets the right climate, mushrooms have taken over the human brain, and those left behind now live in a nightmare zombie wasteland. It's not hard to see what's scary about that. However, … [Read more...]

Being fearful is a natural part of life. However, some things may be a bit more irrational than others. That does not make it any less real for the person experiencing the phobia. There can also be varying degrees of fear, and it can affect different people in different ways. A lesser-known phobia is something called coprastasophobia. Coprastasophobia is a fear or … [Read more...]

Does the thought of being bound or tied up in some way make you nervous and upset? If so, you may suffer from merinthophobia. Merinthophobia is a type of anxiety disorder that makes you panic when you think about getting tied up or are faced with a situation in which you have to wear a restraint of some kind. Your heart rate elevates, you begin to sweat, and your body may … [Read more...]

Enosiophobia is an intense or irrational fear of being criticized or committing a sin. Criticism is meant, in many ways, to be a constructive tool that will help a person grow and enhance their skills or abilities. For many, however, it is looked at as a means of pointing out flaws and accentuating a person's failures. Even the smallest hint of criticism can send a person … [Read more...]

Ouranophobia is a psychological condition that involves an irrational fear of heaven, the concept of God, or flying. This phobia can dramatically impact your life and relationships. It can also affect your mental health and social life. Therefore, it's extremely important to seek professional help to find ways you can cope with this fear. Some people don't have a label for … [Read more...]

Cacophobia is an extreme fear of ugliness that's rooted in anxiety. It's an irrational fear of becoming ugly or triggers panic when viewing something the individual thinks of as ugly. It's a phobia that's subjective as opposed to objective, which means an individual who suffers from cacophobia determines that they're viewing something they perceive as ugly and … [Read more...]

It's 7 p.m. on a school night, and you suddenly feel the cold chill of fear run down your spine. "I know I've got a five-page essay to write, but the thought of cracking open my copy of The Plague and digesting a few chapters sounds like mild torture." While this all-encompassing anxiety associated with intimidating prose has stuck within the psyche of man's mind since the … [Read more...]

There are many types of anxiety disorders. One of them is ataxophobia, which is the fear of disorder or untidiness. You might not be familiar with it unless you or someone you know has struggled with it. Here is an overview of what ataxophobia is and its causes, symptoms, and treatments. What Is Ataxophobia? First, it is helpful to define what ataxophobia is. It is a … [Read more...]

Climacophobia, or the fear of climbing, may be little known, but it actually affects a significant number of individuals. While many people may experience a natural, slight apprehension when it comes to heights or climbing activities, Climacophobia extends beyond this common fear to the point where it can severely impact a person's daily life. By understanding and … [Read more...]

The unreasonable fear of wild animals, known as agrizoophobia, affects a large number of people across the world. Understanding this fear and its effects on those who suffer from it is more crucial as our society gets more urbanized. Fear or trepidation are normal human responses when seeing a wild animal, but Agrizoophobia is characterized by an extreme, unreasoning … [Read more...]