Is it normal that im afraid of hot water?

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When I was a little kid, my dad was in a car crash. He had some minor head injuries but he was never the same. as I grew up he became more aggressive and not so much abusive but definitely sick. He started smoking and would take the buts and burn them into his skin (he said it released stress). when that wasnt enough for him he took to burning himself with hot water. occasionally he would make me hold his arms in a pot of boiling hot water as he burned them and a few times my hands got burned too... Now everything I do has to be cold. I cant take hot showers, or go swimming. I dont cook and im afraid to wash my hands in sinks. im even afraid when I touch things like hot car dashboards or cups with warm coffee/ tea in them. My question arrises to is it normal that I cant handle these normal everyday things without feeling like my hands are being burned again?

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  • Blue_Velvet
    9 years ago

    It sounds as you are suffering some sort of trauma from that incident. Perhaps you should go to therapy, it might help.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      ⁽'︵'⁾ noooo. well I guess if I ever want to do normal things like hold warm cups and take proper non freezing showers, I should consider getting professional help.

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  • CountessDouche
    9 years ago

    That's really horrible, OP. I'm sorry.

    If you go to a doctor, they do have behavioral therapies designed to combat phobias. Basically, you are exposed to the object of your fear in very small incremental levels in order to desensitize you.

    Only you can decide if this phobia actually interferes with your life enough that you would be motivated to get help with it. To me, it sounds like it does.

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