The fear of driving has a name, it's called Amaxophobia. If you feel like you have it or know someone who does, you should ...

Acrophobia is the intense fear of heights, causing anxiety and panic when in high places like tall buildings or bridges. It ...

When she was offered the chance to try the treatment to address her fear of exposed heights, Holland jumped at the opportunity. To treat Holland’s phobia, Kindt first had her climb inside a ...

I have a fear of heights. It’s not unreasonable, it doesn’t restrict my daily life, but it is very much there. It’s the impending drop which gets me: the empty space, the threat of gravity ...

About 70% of the VR group no longer had a fear of heights, while, unsurprisingly, all of the people in the control group, who received no treatment, still did. Fay has now had the same therapy ...

It was time to get over some of them. I decided to start with my fear of heights Some of my friends had joined the local rock-climbing club and encouraged me to get out of my empty house and join ...

Fear of spiders, open spaces, fear of heights? Virtual reality comes to the rescue as a tool to treat phobias, prove researchers from SWPS University, Gdańsk University of Technology and Jagiellonian ...

Pediatric ER nurse Heidi Farrington, 53, took a via ferrata in West Virginia three years ago, in part to shake a fear of heights. Tethered to lines anchored in rock, she could enjoy some of the ...

Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Aviophobia is the fear of flying ... What are phobias, and how can someone get treatment for a fear that prevents them from shaving? WebMD looks at the different ...

Working with a professional can help you unlock whatever fears you may have so that you can face them and potentially neutralize them.

Talk about high stakes! For Stallone, conquering his fear of heights was a personal victory. “Every day … I was scared,” he admitted. But it was a “good scared,” keeping him alert during ...