Phobias

Anxiety disorders, often diagnosed as when an individual experiences a persistent, prolonged anxiety towards certain stimuli. The general definition of phobias considers it to be ‘irrational’ fears of certain objects.

Reference:

Merckelbach, H., De Jong, P. J., Muris, P., & van Den Hout, M. A. (1996). The etiology of specific phobias: A review. Clinical Psychology Review, 16(4), 337-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-7358(96)00014-1

Milosevic, I., & McCabe, R. E. (Eds.). (2015). Phobias: The psychology of irrational fear. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.