[ SECRET POST #6427 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6427 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Irrational Fears

[(Anonymous)]

So spiders as my biggest phobia for a start, but in a similar vein to yours for years as a kid I used to be scared of going to the toilet because I convinced a spider would crawl up the drain while I was using it, only while I was using it mind you. I mostly don't think about it now as an adult but sometimes it creeps up on me and I can't use the toiler until the fear dissipates. Or I'm just so desperate I have to go.

I also used to be scared of the sound the flushing toiled made in my childhood home and used to think a monster was being summoned whenever I flushed the toilet so I used to open the door after using it, hit the flush button and would then bolt out the door and down the stairs to safety.

Re: Irrational Fears

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt - my fear used to extend to all toilets and drains. Though that was a combo of the above mentioned fear and an IT related monster/creature sneaking up from drains fear. The way you describe flushing the toilet and running for it was me as a kid too. Wash hands, stretch really far to reach the flush, then quickly flick off the light and run out the door. XD

For some reason now it's only outhouses/pit toilets/portapotties.

Re: Irrational Fears

[(Anonymous)]

Omg, I had the same thing with toilets?? It wasn't specifically about a monster but I was afraid of flushing the toilet. I still get a bit anxious when I do it as an adult sometimes but I can rationally calm myself. My fear also extends to all drains, I have a general phobia of... plumbing? I have something adjacent to submechanophobia, idk how to describe it, but I can relate to people who are scared of that type of thing. I have ended up coping with it by learning about hydraulics and water related infrastructure, cause my fear-fascination was so bad that learning more about how the things I'm scared of work helped me see them in a more rational light. Plus working jobs where I had to take care of blocked drains now and again. If I'm actually around a big drain though my heart races...

I think for me part of this fear is related to childhood associations with bad experiences that my kid brain distorted into a phobia, but part of it is just a fear from nowhere. It's odd.

Re: Irrational Fears

[(Anonymous)]

da but I do sometimes get that random thought that something could crawl up the toilet while I'm using it in the middle of the night. Currently, I don't live near any areas where that's likely to happen but that doesn't stop me from having the thought.