Having a fear of birds is called ornithophobia. Phobias are one of the most common anxiety disorders. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that over 12 percent of adults in the ...

Many people live with the challenge of a phobia. Fear of birds (ornithophobia) – causes some people to have symptoms of anxiety. As a result they avoid birds, even when they know their feelings ...

Sometimes, they even go beyond the well-known ornithophobia and branch into surprisingly specific territory—ranging from feathers and colors to dawn itself. Let's learn more about them below.

Season five, episode nine of The Big Bang Theory was titled The Ornithophobia Diffusion. The episode first aired back in 2011, but that has not stopped fans from visiting the episode. In The ...

Run, my instincts told me. And so I did. My abnormal and irrational fear of birds is called ornithophobia. According to Corrie Ackland, director and clinical psychologist at the Sydney Phobia ...

But in Parsons’s favorite episode of Season 5, The Ornithophobia Diffusion, Sheldon finally learns how to say ‘I love you’… to a blue jay. “It’s exceptionally silly. It’s ...

I've seen snippets of it and it sends chills down my spine. For anyone living with ornithophobia, it's the stuff of nightmares. Though the film was based on a fiction short story, I wonder if ...