Is it normal to fear cameras/ being in pictures/ being filmed

every time i see someone pull out there phone into a camera like pose, i hide immediately. i would rather fail an important exam than be in front of a filming camera for 5 seconds. when i was 10 i cut out my face in every picture of me i could find. and i once almost broke someone's phone just because they secretly took a picture of me as a joke. even online meetings are super hard though the camera is not "recording" technically.

i'm afraid of where the photo will end up, who will see it, how the picture is going to be used. i also don't like the sense of realisation that i'm "existing" with others, it strangely irks me. lastly, your usual insecurities.

i talked to a counsellor about this after my teacher sent me to her because she thought this wasn't normal. the counsellor, on the other hand, told me i was normal. my parents, friends, other teachers all did too. "everyone has camera shyness, just get over it."

as such, i don't know if this is normal. there's little information about this online. so, is this normal? help