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Are You Afraid of Spiders?
About four percent of the adult, American population has arachnaphobia — a fear of spiders — and of that percentage, women are four times as likely to be afraid.
Researchers concluded that girls have a genetic predisposition to be afraid of dangerous animals like spiders. Coded into our DNA, apparently, is the desire to stay away from dangerous things and protect our children, where men are supposed to be risk-takers and generally less likely to be afraid of spiders.
Send in the Clowns!
Coulrophobia: An overwhelming fear of clowns. This lady: She's got it — bad. In this heart-stopping clip, Chris, a woman with a crippling fear of clowns, stares down her nemesis in the most dramatic video you'll see all day, possibly the most dramatic video you will see in your lifetime.
Phobias: Real or Fake?
Everybody's afraid of something. Me, I'm afraid of the moment when the nachos run out. You'd be surprised what fears are actually documented phobias.On Maury: Chickenphobia!
Maury has officially cornered the market on publicly torturing humiliating "helping" people who live with crippling phobias. From cottonphobia, to picklephobia, to peachphobia, to balloonphobia, Maury's covered it. He's now found a woman who's chicken when it comes to chickens, so what unlicensed therapeutic move does Maury use to help?
Barbara Walters Needs Public Potty Training
Barbara has a phobia of getting locked inside public restroom stalls, so she she avoids them at all costs. But when she must journey into a bathroom, she keeps the door unlocked! Am I the only one frightened by this tidbit of TMI?
On Maury: Woman Scared Of Balloons
When he's not making everyone take a paternity test, Maury's exploring the world of irrational phobias. From peachphobia to cottonphobia to picklephobia, he's been there, done that. And the following phobia will blow your mind: balloonphobia.
Clown Makes Grown Woman Cry
This woman takes her distaste of clowns to the extreme. The mere presence of Mr. Giggles makes her burst into tears and nearly hyperventilate. As we've seen before, she's not alone.
Now On Maury: Woman Afraid Of Cotton Balls
Every once in a blue moon we get a dispatch from the Land Of Weird, aka "The Maury Povich Show," purveyor of bizarre phobias like pickle phobia and peach phobia. Now another weirdo comes out of the woodwork to give us...Cotton Phobia. I love how as soon as she reveals she's had a recurring nightmare about a man made of cotton balls, Maury, naturally, brings one out.
Do Tell: What's Your Irrational Fear?
So, I've got a thing about spiders -- not only am I scared of them, I'm scared to kill them. Somewhere along the way it got into my head that it's bad luck to end their terrifying little lives. Now, I know both these things are ridiculous, but that doesn't really change my experience!
Picklephobia
Combined Video of the Day and Quote of the Day: "Pickles are destroying my life." Hmmm.... what would Dr.
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