Fear is a natural and normal human experience. We all feel it from time to time, and there are situations when we rely on fear to keep us out of trouble. “Fear is healthy and adaptive,” says Thompson ...

AMC's Fear the Walking Dead is putting on one helluva' sixth season, treating each episode as a mini-movie that takes a much-appreciated deep-dive into each of our characters while still weaving into ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

Androphobia is an intense fear of men that is disproportionate to the threat they might pose and that negatively affects a person’s ability to function. For example, it may affect their work or social ...

Society has attached a negative connotation to the emotion of fear—and for valid reasons. The last time you felt fear may have been in preparation for a job interview, or reviewing for an entrance ...

Fear is a basic human emotion. It was wired into our systems for a beneficial purpose—to signal us in times of danger and prepare us physically so we could accomplish what is necessary for survival.

The flipside of biophobia is called biophilia, an innate affinity for nature. Both of these terms stem from evolutionary ...

In recent years a great deal has been learned about the behavioral characteristics and neural mechanisms of fear acquisition (for reviews see Davis, 1 Rodrigues et al. 2). Much of this progress may be ...

If it feels like the world is in turmoil at the moment, that's because it is. Fear and anger abound – in our politics, in our social discourse, and in our expectations for the future. The finger of ...