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Is it normal to be afraid of how violently loud public toilet's flush?
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Back then, this used to happen to me a lot. Whenever I would go to use the bathroom that's somewhere public, like let's say the movies.. When I'm in the stall I'm terrified of flushing the toilet because I always feel so trapped in the space that the stall offers and I can always feel the violent flush of the toilet throwing itself towards me. I would usually kick the switch to flush the toilet while covering my ears and backing towards the door so I could be away from it as possible without uncovering my ears. Now that I'm somewhat over it, when I look back I wonder if it was normal or not? Possible some sort of phobia or something along those lines?
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Lawliet
12 months ago | pl
I have a similar issue sometimes if the stalls are very small, but I was much more afraid of it when I was younger. I think it's pretty normal, "violently" is the perfect way to describe how they sound!
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dappled
12 months ago | pl
I had a similar phobia. I thought the toilet would block and the water would keep rising up until it filled the whole room and I was just breathing from a little bubble of air on the ceiling.
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robbieforgotpw
7 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: dappled
Help someone open the bathroom door.
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dappled
7 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: robbieforgotpw
Heh! Either that or you and I can keep emergency SCUBA diving kits. I'm actually a bit scared just at the thought of this. :/
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robbieforgotpw
7 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: dappled
It's ok. Try not to think about it, go to your happy place.

I cover my ears when flushing one of those violent commercial strength crappers and I move back because it seems like you could be soaked.
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tommythecat
12 months ago | pl
Haha..for serious?
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takenotes
12 months ago | pl
@: tommythecat
Yeah, like no joke >.< Back then it was just so loud and the sound just digs into my ears aslfjbdkjvdf
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tommythecat
12 months ago | pl
@: takenotes
I don't even flush public toilets, sometimes i just piss all over the floor and walls......it's not like anyone can stop or catch you, it's very liberating.
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Cuntsiclestick
12 months ago | pl
Normal. I had a similar problem when I was a kid. Now my phobia has moved on to automatic flush toilets.
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GuessWho
12 months ago | pl
@: Cuntsiclestick
I hate those. They always flush before and not after.
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the_misty_haze
12 months ago | pl
My five year old has this phobia. Id have to do some serious convincing if I knew he really had to go and we were in a place with a toilet he was not familiar with. He would cry like he was being murdered. I guess I can see a adult having this in a extent. I personally agree with the automated flush phobia especially when it goes off before I'm even finished.
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takenotes
12 months ago | pl
Guys, my problem isn't that like it doesn't flush at the "appropriate" time for when I want it to, the fear is that whenever I'm in the stall and it's such a small space, the sound of the flush just completely fills the whole space and it's so loud it scares me. So i would kick the flush switch and cover tf out of my ears!
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ellie06
11 months ago | pl
Normal. The nurses bathroom at my elementary school had such a violent flush. I have the same problem with automatic flush toilets
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Moneybagschest
4 months, 3 weeks ago | pl
Did you get potty trained as a child?
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