A personal history of passing out. A cardinal symptom of panic disorder is the sudden, inexplicable sense of an imminent loss of control. Panicky persons become afraid that if they do not leave ...

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Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Atlantic magazine editor Scott Stossel has countless phobias and anxieties — some you've heard of ...

Atlantic magazine editor Scott Stossel has countless phobias and anxieties — some you've heard of, others you probably haven't. "There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias," he tells Fresh Air's ...