Phobias Articles | Mental Health Conditions

Written by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD
07 Jul 2022 What is anthropophobia? While anthropophobia isn’t a formal diagnosis per the Diagnostic ...

Written by Bisma Anwar, MA, MSc, LMHC
14 Mar 2022 What is arachnophobia? If you haven’t heard of this specific phobia, it’s an intense, irrationa...

Written by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW
11 Mar 2022 It’s estimated that 1.35m people are killed in traffic accidents every year. That’s nearly 3,70...

Written by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R
23 Feb 2022 To some extent, we all have a fear of failure at some point in our life. Nobody wants to not su...

Written by Liz Kelly, LCSW
07 Feb 2022 Nosophobia’s Greek origin is a combination of “nosos,” meaning disease, and “phobos,” meaning f...

Written by Wendy Wisner
05 Oct 2021 How do you feel when you look at a honeycomb, a spotted animal, an open pomegranate, or the lit...

Written by Liz Kelly, LCSW
27 Aug 2021 Updated 2/8/2022 Sometimes the fear of dying can turn into an irrational fear. The notion that ...

Written by Bisma Anwar, MA, MSc, LMHC
20 Aug 2021 Updated 2/8/2022 Everyone has fears, but some affect their mental health more than others. Are ...

Written by Darcey Pittman
05 Feb 2021 Updated 10/22/2021 Any tourist or local of New York City who has visited the iconic Times Squar...

Written by Bisma Anwar, MA, MSc, LMHC
16 Jan 2021 Updated on 1/19/2022 In daily life, it is common to sit bumper to bumper in traffic, pass throu...

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