“Nighttime anxiety is when feelings of worry or fear become more intense as it gets dark or when you're trying to sleep,” explains neuropsychologist Dr Hafeez. “It can involve racing thoughts, unease, ...

When mother-of-four Hayley Dawes hit her forties, she started having panic attacks about going to bed. Almost overnight she stopped being able to go to sleep and the more the insomnia crept in, the ...

Nyctophobia, or an extreme fear of darkness, affects both children and adults, often stemming from past trauma, anxiety ...

Drinking alcohol might seem like a quick fix for anxiety, but experts warn it can actually trigger panic attacks. Alcohol disrupts brain chemistry, causing rebound anxiety, dehydration, and heart ...

Panic attacks are dramatically abrupt bursts of acute anxiety that feel life-threatening but are not. They build into a crescendo of fear within minutes, but what they lack in duration they make ...

Police released video footage and 911 emergency calls Tuesday depicting chilling scenes of people running in panic as gunfire ...

Everything around you is out of focus and your palms are sweating. This is not a heart attack, but a panic attack. This condition is on the rise in Britain and women are twice as likely to suffer ...

“I’m waking up in the middle of the night having panic attacks,” said one who spoke to RRC on the condition of anonymity, adding that recent weeks have been “mentally torturous.