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When You Are Afraid Of Being Forgotten
Children? I Do Not Like Them, Sam-I-Am!
Theodore Geisel, better known by his pen name, Dr. Suess, wrote more than 40 beloved children’s books. With such classics as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and How […]
Was His Birth a Clue to the Madness That Would Come?
John Hinckley, Jr. will be forever remembered as the man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined […]
Military Genius and Mental Madness
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher rose to distinction in the Prussian military in his campaigns against Napoleon, earning the rank of Field Marshal. He was also barking mad. Blücher was paralyzed by fear […]
No Clowning Around With This Phobia
The official name for a fear of clowns is Coulrophobia.
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean Everyone Isn’t Out to Get You
Label someone as a “conspiracy theorist” and you might as well be calling that person a “wacko,” “nut job,” or any other phrase that questions his or her rationality. Of course, depending […]
Hitchcock Afraid? Eggs-actly!
Alfred Hitchcock, the master of horror and suspense, who terrified millions with his films Psycho and The Birds, harbored his own fears of something most of us take for granted — eggs. Suffering from ovophobia […]
Absence of Light? Dude… Totally Uncool!
Keanu Reeves has confided that he is afraid of the dark. It probably doesn’t make him feel any better about it, but you might want to know that such a condition is […]
Is Life So Dear or Peace So Sweet?
On March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry stood in St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia and addressed the members of the Virginia Convention. He spoke the words that would forever be linked to […]
Suffering from Nomophobia? Let’s Hope You Can Reach Your Psychologist by Mobile Phone
Nomophobia (short for “no mobile phone phobia”) is the constant fear of not having mobile phone service. Researchers report that more than half of the people of the United Kingdom have this […]
“Some Days I Dream As Many as Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast”
About 20 minutes before the onset of pain from a migraine headache, many suffers experience a phenomenon called “the aura.” During this time the sufferer may see intense colors, flashing lights, and […]
Things that Go Bump in the Night
One of the coolest-sounding disorders is fortunately not nearly as serious as its name suggests. Exploding Head Syndrome is a condition that causes people to hear extremely loud noises — a gunshot, […]
The Bird Man of the Confederacy
Confederate General Richard Ewell believed himself to be a bird, eating grains of wheat and sunflower seeds for meals. There were persistent stories from soldiers on guard duty claiming that the General […]
Musical Running for Extroverts
Music can boost your running performance by up to 15%, but only if you’re a particular kind of runner. If you tend to focus inward while running, music probably won’t help you […]
Picky Eater
The Austrian/American logician and mathematician Kurt Gödel died on January 14, 1978 from being a picky eater. He had a compulsive fear of being poisoned and would only eat the food prepared […]
