Stories
- Article
Fleeing fear, defying prejudice
As teenage refugee Sedra Al-Yousef grappled with rebuilding her life and education in another country, at the same time she used compassion and humanity to demolish populist anti-refugee myths.
- Article
How I cured my fear of vomiting
Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.
- Book extract
Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
- Article
A freezer full of breastmilk
When new mum Alev Scott began pumping her milk between feeds, she soon found she was freezing more breastmilk than her baby would ever need. So Alev began to investigate ways to share her oversupply.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Fear and escape: humans'
Date: c.1930s-1980sReference: PP/BOW/H.204Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Audio
Fear.
Date: 2002- Archives and manuscripts
'Fear and escape: non-primates'
Date: c.1930s-1980sReference: PP/BOW/H.210Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
'Fear and escape responses: humans: 2nd year on'
Date: c.1930s-1980sReference: PP/BOW/H.206Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Books
Fear / [Michael Patrick Leahy].
Leahy, Michael Patrick, 1882-Date: 1948