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Trypophobia (Fear Of Holes): Symptoms And How To Cope
Forbes
Phobias—or uncontrollable and lasting fears of certain objects or situations—run the gamut. One such phobia is trypophobia; a fear of patterns of holes or raised bumps…
This Fear of Flying Subreddit Is the Most Heartwarming Corner of the Internet
Condé Nast Traveler
On r/FearOfFlying, nervous fliers trade advice, ask pilots safety questions, and even track each other through turbulence…
Trapped by Phobias
Binah Magazine
If you ask the typical person to describe the most terrifying scenarios imaginable, the’ll probably come up with some pretty grim possibilities: war, violence, disease…
Don’t be fooled by hypochondria
Hospitalist.org
A hypochondria “checklist” can help you sort through many overlapping medical and psychiatric disorders and increase your chances of making an accurate diagnosis.
Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Patients With Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Psychiatry Online
Although long-term follow-up studies indicate that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is often a chronic condition with a fluctuating course, very little research has been devoted to the highly disabled subgroup of OCD patients who appear to be treatment refractory.
Item-by-Item Factor Analysis of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist
Psychiatry Online
There has been increasing interest in the possibility of discrete subtypes within the umbrella diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This interest has emerged from different avenues of research.
Enhancing attributional style and positive life events predict increased hopefulness among depressed psychiatric inpatients
Springer Nature Link
A prospective study was conducted to investigate whether enhancing attributional style and positive life events are associated with recovery from depression through the mediation of increased hopefulness, as predicted by the Needles and Abramson (1990) model of recovery from depression.
Nothing to worry about!
The Guardian
Prostate Cancer? bubonic plague? scurvy? We’ve all feared the worst – only to be told we’re in the rudest of health. In this extract from his touching and funny book, chronic hypochondriac John O’Connell reveals what it’s like to live without a serious illness.
Hypochondriasis
The term “hypochondriasis” originated with the Greek belief that the source of emotional illness originated from the vapors emitted by the abdominal organs (below the ribs), causing a diffuse illness characterized primarily by either digestive symptoms (e.g., flatulence) or melancholia.