The key to distinguishing a fear from a phobia is that that while most people get the jitters if a spider crawls on their arm, people suffering from arachnophobia -- the fear of spiders -- are ...

Exposing myself to spiders I met on my porch ... Related stories Exposure therapy is recommended by experts to treat phobias Fear is a natural human response to help us detect threats, Mansell ...

Once a person seeks help, they will be prescribed behavioural treatment - which usually involves confronting their phobia or 'exposure'. For example, someone with arachnophobia (fear of spiders ...

If you have any phobias that prevent you from leading ... and realised you have arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. Living in Hong Kong, where so many people live in skyscrapers, it’s rare ...

Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.

New research by a University of Manchester psychologist could give new hope to people who are scared of spiders. Dr Warren Mansell says rather than encouraging arachnophobics to face their fears, ...

A phobia is an extreme irrational fear of something ... People with phobias work to avoid spiders, thunderstorms, clowns, ...

The London-based arachnophobe has long had a phobia of spiders ... exposed to a series of pictures of spiders for just ten minutes recorded lower fear responses to the creature.

Recently, multiple safety incidents and industry disruptions have rattled confidence in airlines for some, while leading others to fearfully avoid air travel entirely.