Fear, while often seen as a primal instinct meant to protect us, can sometimes lead us down paths of sheer irrationality. It's that gut-wrenching emotion that overrides logic and pushes us to make ...

To mark the end of our week-long spooky season coverage—in which we unpacked the impact of Stephen King’s work, as well as discussed R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis and talked horror films with Oz Perkins—we ...

By Dr Vasilios Silivistris Phobias (from the Greek fovos, meaning fear) are intense, irrational fears of objects or ...

A self-identified “90s Disney kid,” Kara Carneal remembers watching “Aladdin” for the first time when her parents bought it on VHS. While she liked much of the storyline, Carneal says she just ...

A phobia is an extreme irrational fear of something. It is a type of anxiety disorder that emerges, on average, at age 9 or 10. There are different kinds of phobias directed toward objects, situations ...

The holiday travel season is right around the corner, and what better time than now to face your travel fears, especially your irrational ones? Sienna Hart’s phobia is losing her passport. She ...

“Asking Stanford” is a series of small stories from Stanford students, each of which comes together to highlight the diversity of experiences and perspectives on campus. Way back when I could call ...

We live in an era of extreme food fear. Scroll through social media for five minutes and you'll see someone swearing off an entire food group.Maybe it's carbs, gluten, MSG, or eggs that week. The ...