Amy Carr, from Hemel Hempstead in Bedfordshire, suddenly collapsed in her bedroom aged 24, after seeing a spider. But ...

Facing your fear of spiders may also help with other phobias, including a fear of heights, according to a new study. A new ...

For some, a fear of spiders is all-consuming – and psychologists are now using responses to this perceived threat to test other phobias - Ezra Bailey/Stone RF Phobias are the most common type of ...

You don’t need to be a clinical arachnophobe to squirm at the sight of a spider—though up to 6.1% of the population might just qualify as having a legitimate phobia, according to a January ...

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 ...

He told Newsweek that he isn't bothered by spiders, but many Americans can't say the same. A 2022 YouGov poll found that 24 percent of 1,000 respondents were scared of spiders. But the most common ...

Specific Phobias: A fear of particular objects or situations, such as snakes (ophidiophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), or bananas (bananaphobia). Social Phobia: Fear of social situations where one ...

Josie says she found surviving in the I'm a Celebrity jungle much harder much tougher than Big Brother for one key reason ...