Is it normal that i have a fear of large inflatable objects?

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Not really hot air balloons like I've seen a lot of people saying, although they sort of make me uncomfortable. I'm really freaked out by those inflatable santas people put out at Christmas. The bigger they are the more scared I am. Mostly anything inflatable with a face drives me crazy. I get super anxious and my heart starts beating really fast just thinking about it. It got to the point where last year around Christmas I couldn't walk to school because I felt like I was going to pass out walking past those things. I feel like it will fall over and all I'll see is its huge face before I suffocate in it. I've had this fear since I was really little and I don't know why. Is it normal?

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  • Rusty-Rider
    7 years ago

    Just turn your sex doll over so you can't see it's face and carry on.

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  • FandomTrash1987
    3 years ago

    Hey, I'm a few years late on this, but I also have the fear of large inflatable objects. More specifically, the ones you put out in your lawn during holidays. I hate those giant snowmen, santas, reindeer, etc. I have no idea why, though. The thought of me standing next to one makes my hands sweaty and it just freaks me out. Every time I go to Wal-mart or Lowe's during the Christmas season I'm always anxious because those inflatables are EVERYWHERE! I've screamed out loud a couple times because the inflatables are sometimes put up on the top of the shelves and I don't expect them to be there. I hate it. I totally understand, I feel light-headed too if I have to walk past one. I'm also afraid of the really large ones falling over on top of me, ugh. Every Christmas my family always tests our inflatables inside the house to see if they work, and I always hide in my room because I just can't stand the sight of them. The sound of the air compressor freaks me out as well. I guess they just fall into the uncanny valley, but if so, then why aren't more people scared of them? All these years I thought I was the only one who had this fear, I'm glad to hear that someone else has the same problem as I do.

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  • spacecase97
    7 years ago

    have you heard of the uncanny valley? maybe you just have a lower tolerance for that sort of thing

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  • rayb12
    7 years ago

    they are odd, doesn't surprise me

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  • sourgrapes
    7 years ago

    No its not bloody well normal.

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