Phobias

Phobia is present when you are frightened beyond more than the situation or object would cause. And for these situations, there may be absolutely no reason whatsoever for you to be afraid about.

It is just that your mind exaggerates the situation that you are in and portrays it in such a way that causes you to think about it in a different kind of way that makes you scare yourself. Hence developing your intense fear for that particular situation or object.

With that development of raging fear, you would most probably avoid getting into those situations that you are afraid about and stay away from the object of your fear at all costs.