Phobias

Having an irrational fear of something is usually considered an a phobia. Phobias come in many different fears and categories. A phobia of something is where a person is afraid to do or be around something even if it is a silly reason. Some symptoms of phobias are your heart will pound really fast, your speech is cut off and it doesn't let you talk easy, you loose your breathe some, you sweat, and you tremble and shake.Everyone has a phobia of many different things going from being afraid of the dark to being afraid of the heart. It's usually scary for kids when they have to face the cause of their fear.  Some of these phobias that people have are pretty serious and some just seem crazy but it's an actual fear of something. Some types of phobias are:

Acrophobia which is a fear of heights
Amaxophobia is where you're afraid of riding in cars
Brontophobia is the fear of thunder and lighting
Caligynephobia is a fear of beautiful women
Fears of crowds are known as Demophobia
Ecophobia is the fear of home
Harpaxophobia is the fear of being robbed
Hydrophobia is the fear of water or of rabies
If you have any type of anxiety then you are more than likely to be at risk for getting some sort of phobia. Some ways to get rid of your phobias is either to do that thing that you're afraid of. Or go to a counselor or therapist and talk to them about your fears. Phobias stop many many adults and children from doing something they love to do because of the fact that they are afraid of it.
http://phobialist.com
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia

http://www.phobics-society.org.uk/what-is-a-phobia/