I had a lifelong spider phobia and panicked right when I saw it. I could feel my skin crawl — I was convinced it had somehow jumped through the screen and onto me. I'd taken many steps to ...

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 ...

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that about one in 10 of us will suffer from a phobia in our lifetime-a fear of spiders, heights, enclosed spaces, dogs”¦ The list is endless ...