Spoke

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I grip the handlebars, turning my knuckles white. I steer around a final corner and come face to face with my nemesis. Down the rocky track ahead of me is the set of doubles I totalled myself on last year. It wasn’t pretty. My shoulder required two t

People

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The singer-actress, 53, stars in the new thriller Phobias, playing an architect with atelophobia—the fear of not being perfect. Gray can relate, but she focuses her energies on motherhood, music and helping people struggling with mental health. You p

Your Family

3 min de citit

‘Birds,’ says Cath, when asked what her phobia is. ‘Particularly stuffed birds. As a kid, I never stretched my legs out when sleeping because I’d convinced myself that birds lived under the covers at the bottom of my bed and would peck my toes. It to

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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Most of us suffer from the odd aversion to heights, flying or spiders. But if there is one thing that is giving you acute anxiety, do seek help. I have noticed that a fear of motorway driving has crept up on me and I now have consistent panic attacks

Chicago Tribune

2 min de citit

Researchers have found virtual reality exercises can help alleviate a fear of heights, showing the technology can be used as an accessible, affordable tool in mental health treatment. The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, was the fir

Men's Health Australia

1 min de citit

People with a phobia have an emotional memory that involves an association between whatever scares them (say, for arachnophobes, a spider) and a dreaded outcome (being attacked). Dutch researchers recently proved that you can override these fears by

Woman's Weekly Living Series

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A phobia is an irrational fear of something that wouldn’t frighten most people. But even if we know it’s irrational (or if we think it’s justified), it can also feel unbeatable, and affect how we live our lives. One in 10 of us has a phobia at some t

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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If you’ve ever experienced a chronic anxiety attack, then you’ll understand how distressing they can be. Your heart starts racing and you may also feel breathless, shaky and slightly nauseous. Now imagine never knowing when you’re going to feel like

Cosmopolitan India

3 min de citit

According to WHO, 7.5% of India suffers from some form of mental disorder. And that figure is likely much lower than the stark reality. With hardly any info available, how do you know what the right treatment for you looks like, especially when you’r

Chat Passion

2 min de citit

A monthly manicure may seem like a relaxing task for most women, but for some people, it would be their worst nightmare. Chirophobia can come in the form of one’s own hand or someone else’s. Either way, it’s probably caused by a painful experience

Nautilus

8 min de citit

The most effective monsters of horror fiction mirror ancestral dangers to exploit evolved human fears. Some fears are universal, some are near-universal, and some are local. The local fears—the idiosyncratic phobias such as the phobia of moths, say—t

The Threepenny Review

25 min de citit

I’LL BE frank: I don’t understand quantum mechanics at all. Or much of anything else, either, when it comes right down to it, and it makes me extremely uneasy to know that here I am walking around at a total loss, yet apparently there’s an explanatio

American Survival Guide

7 min de citit

Walking into a box, having the doors close behind you and traveling sometimes hundreds of feet or more suspended by cables, can invoke feelings of intense fear and anxiety. Add to that the possibility of the elevator stopping during mid-lift or going

POPSUGAR

3 min de citit

When people hear about phobias, they usually think that they're silly or overexaggerated - but while phobias are, in fact, irrational, that does not make them any less frightening or crippling for those of us who live with them. I know this because I

Woman & Home South Africa

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Does a fear of flying stop you from traveling? Do you hate driving, so you haven’t seen friends in ages? You’re not alone. Studies show that over half the global population has phobias, with many of us avoiding certain places because of it. “Phobias

You South Africa

1 min de citit

HOWTOSAYIT:foh-bee-ya A phobia is an intense fear of something. Someone who has a phobia is superscared of something specific and their fear never goes away. There’s a huge variety of phobias. Common phobias include claustrophobia (a fear of small s

Pianist

1 min de citit

If you or someone you know are affected by the issues raised in this story, you may find the following services helpful The NHS publishes an extensive A-Z of UK-based mental health charities that may be of help www.nhs.uk Anxiety UK provides therapy

WHO

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When Clarkson welcomed Demi Lovato to her talk show on June 25, the singers bonded over their shared passion for mental health advocacy. “I’ve suffered from depression,” Clarkson told Lovato, 27, who is outspoken about her own struggles with bipolar

American Survival Guide

6 min de citit

Once the sun sets, a new world emerges around us. What was once visible, familiar and innocuous is now buried within an unfocused view of darkness, shadow and uncertainty. This somewhat abstract world is darkness, and it’s a world that many people—ch

American Survival Guide

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These helpers can lessen your fear-induced anxiety: Face Your Fear. This might appear easy from the outside—but not to someone looking fear in the face. However, by exposing yourself to your fear in small increments, you could begin to desensitize y

JOY Magazine

2 min de citit

Panic attacks, anxiety disorders, phobias, and depression affect millions of people. Although medical experts believe that many times the aforementioned ailments originate within a person’s psyche, there are times when a chemical imbalance is the cau

Futurity

2 min de citit

From VR spiders to terrifying saber-toothed rodents, here are a few creepy research highlights from this year: Imagine you are sitting in a chair. All of a sudden a giant tarantula slowly begins to crawl toward you. You reach forward, trying to swipe

that's life

2 min de citit

Yvonne Hook, 47, Albany, NZ Giving me his hand, my husband Nick, then 23, tried to get me into the lift. ‘I’ll take the stairs,’ I said. As a teenager, I’d developed claustrophobia, a fear of tight and dark spaces. They made me anxious and I couldn

Woman's Weekly

1 min de citit

1 Smile: Even faking one can make you feel brighter by triggering endorphins, according to studies at America’s University of Kansas. 2 Walk: Research suggests a 30-minute walk can be as effective as antidepressants for mild to moderate depression. 3

Good Health

4 min de citit

TERRIFYING. THANKFULLY, THERE’S A LOT YOU CAN DO TO COMBAT YOUR FEARS Do you grip the armrest, feel queasy and imagine the worst when you’re in a plane? Perhaps you use alcohol or prescription drugs to ‘help’ you through the flight and avoid flying

Pick Me Up

1 min de citit

With at least one vaccination due for all of us this year, a few will have to confront their phobias of needles. Phil Day, Superintendent Pharmacist at Pharmacy2U, has shared his top tips for those of us who are worried about upcoming injections. 1.

Motorcycle Mojo Magazine

3 min de citit

“Just give it more gas!” “Stop gripping the bars so tightly!” These are some of the coaching instructions I’ve heard off-road instructors yell at students trying to learn to ride on gravel and sand. The yelling doesn’t really help the rider. Fear of

American Survival Guide

1 min de citit

Instantly Nervous in Any Dark Area. Whether you’re caught on the streets after dark; in a room when the lights unexpectedly go out; or when a sudden power outage occurs and your body suddenly becomes agitated, nervous and showing signs of high anxiet

Good Health Choices Magazine NZ

3 min de citit

Do you grip the armrest, feel queasy and imagine the worst when you’re in a plane? Perhaps you use alcohol or prescription drugs to ‘help’ you through the flight and avoid flying wherever possible. Even though it’s one of the safest ways to travel, a

Artists & Illustrators

1 min de citit

I only subscribed to your magazine a couple of days ago and I’ve since been asking myself why I hadn’t done this sooner. I was a serving police officer until a couple of weeks ago. But after a very interesting 18 years of service, at the ripe old age