I had such a terrible, crippling fear of maths that it could have changed my life. (chartered.college)
The idea is to reduce or prevent crippling fear. (inc.com)
Ray Milland took the lead in The Premature Burial (Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Blu - ray, DVD), playing Guy Carrell, an aristocrat with crippling fear that he will be buried alive due to a family history of catalepsy. (parallax-view.org)