By Dr Vasilios SilivistrisPhobias (from the Greek fovos, meaning fear) are intense, irrational fears of objects or situations that pose little real danger. Unlike ordinary anxiety, phobias are ...

Fear has the ability to alter our perception of reality in many different ways. There are two kinds of fear: one acute, life-saving direct fear, which heightens our awareness, and one slowly sneaking ...

My Psychology Today colleague, Dr. Todd Kashdan, wrote an excellent book called The Art of Insubordination about how to dissent and defy effectively in the external world. We can extrapolate the same ...