Fear of failure, fear of heights, fear of flying, fear of bugs, whatever you fear can be paralyzing. Most of us do nothing rather than confront our fear. Instead, we should probe why we are afraid and ...

Fear, hurt, and loss of control. The three main ingredients in our mental stew. It’s 9:15pm on a Saturday night. I’m going on a long motorcycle ride up the coast manana with friends so I decided to ...

You’re in a conversation, and someone asks you a deeply personal question. Your stomach tightens. Your heartbeat nudges upward. You start rehearsing a polite deflection. Behind that reaction is a ...

Fear is a powerful emotion. It can keep us from taking risks that would benefit us and our families, create apathy, fuel doubt and can enable us to stay in toxic patterns of behavior. Fear can even ...

A new report published in Frontiers of Endocrinology explores how oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use interacts with the current hormonal status to affect the fear circuit structure within the brain.