phobia
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This can make it difficult for patients with needle phobia or who don’t want to self-inject due to the inconvenience.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
One of my prompts on the app detailed my phobia of snails in detail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
Like addiction or phobia, it narrows lives and corrodes resilience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Brandberg, the country's gender equality minister, is said to have posted on X in 2020, saying she has the "world's weirdest phobia of bananas".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
Maybe Leonard’s daughter will develop a phobia of birds being locked up in cages.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Understanding the role of astrocytes could reshape how scientists approach disorders linked to persistent fear, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders and phobias.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
It is human nature to project our phobias, prejudices and obsessions onto what is simply a biological contest between our immune system and the amoral pathogens trying to replicate themselves within us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Just before they set off for Euroland, we sat down with the trio to discuss quitting their jobs, overcoming phobias, and the dreaded "nul points".
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
While thumbing toward the Bible section, I came across a list of phobias arranged into various classifications.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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