Trypophobia may be moving out of the urban dictionary and into the scientific literature. A recent study in the peer-review journal Psychological Science takes a first crack at explaining why some ...

Picture this – you're scrolling through your phone and suddenly see an image of a lotus seed pod, or maybe a close-up of honeycomb. Your skin crawls, you feel nauseous, and you quickly scroll away.

Clusters of tiny holes or bumps can spark strong aversion in people with trypophobia, a condition researchers link more to disgust and fear than real threat. Common textures, such as coral or seed ...

If long words are so terrifying they make your body shake, you suffer from the surprising – and ironically named – ...

If you have a specific phobia, in which you have an extreme and disabling fear of a certain type of item or experience, you’re part of the group of individuals suffering from the most prevalent form ...

“Fear can freeze us in place, push us to fight or flee, or even drive us to seek comfort in others,” said Ashley Reno, Psy.D., associate professor and chief psychologist in the University of Alabama ...