It’s completely natural to feel scared, especially when confronted with situations or objects that you feel pose a threat to your wellbeing. In fact, healthy fear responses can help you make choices that will keep you safe.
In some cases, however, your fear may become out of proportion to the perceived threat, making your reaction to that threat irrational and overwhelming. When this is the case, you are likely suffering from a phobia. If you do feel that you have an extreme fear of something, that far outweighs the threat it poses, this information on phobias may be of help to you.