Is it normal to have a fear of crucifixes?

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Ok, ever since I was in Kindergarden, I've had a fear of crucifixes. Crosses were ok to look at in the begining but now not so much. Let me explaine.
Ever since I was in Kindergarden and up until I was 18, I could not even look at a crucifix let alone go into a catholic church with out closing my eyes, shaking all over and getting sick to my stomach. I should mention that my grandma would bring home plastic crucifixes and put them in with my barbies for me to play with and when I'd find them I'd brake them in half and throw them away.
When I was 18 I had a mental brakedown and was hospitalized and from seeing everybody in their wearing roseries, I got used to seeing crucifixes, so much so that after I got out of the hospital I was able to be in my local church's passion play for 22 nights straight and 2 performances a night.
So at one point I overcame this fear.
However when I was 23 I came to the conclusion that crosses were torcher devices and now I can't even look at a cross without thinking to myself eww gross. I'm 30 now and when I do see a crucifix I get sick to my stomach and I have to close my eyes, but I don't shake anymore.
I've wondered all my life if this is a true phobea or is it just me (like maybe something my soul carried over from a past life.)
I must say I was raised Christian, When I was 21 I went to a catholic church with a friend of mine with no problem and now I have denounced my Christian faith and I am currently learning Wicca and I do believe in past lives and reincarnation and people who can communicate with the dead.

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  • theaverageatheist
    11 years ago

    if you think about it, it is a little creapy, i mean it's alittle statue of a dead man with nails though his hands and feet.
    stuff of night mares for little kiddies, but we are brought up to find it normal

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  • Dafackjohnny
    11 years ago

    Maybe you just naturally hate cristianity, Im an atheist and I can't stand crucifixes.

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  • spookypuke
    11 years ago

    Yeah dude, this is normal.

    You may have had a past life were you had a traumatic experience with a crucifix and it ha caused you to have a phobia in this life.

    I was reading a Sylvia Brown book the other day and she wrote about a young boy who would have seizures everytime he saw a telescope. The boy was taken to the hospital and even saw a few therapists until finally someone referred his parents to take him to see Sylvia. (she's a psychic, if you didn't already know.) She saw that in his last life he died underwater in a submarine. (submarine telescopes).

    She hypnotized him and eased him with words saying he was safe now and he never had a seizure again after that.

    True story.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I too have a fear of christian related things. I've never gotten to your point, but I get so uncomfortable and feel panicked! I suppose it's normal.

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  • shuggy-chan
    11 years ago

    what type of 30 year old spells it torcher?

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    • BabyMoonDancer
      11 years ago

      me. who isn't a very good speller in the first place!

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  • spookypuke
    11 years ago

    *had

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    Yep; you're not a damphir at all. You're plain and to the point pure blood.

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  • angelonearth4god
    6 years ago

    Yes, ever since I was a little girl, I've had a fear of crucifixs. We could of had past lives as nuns or monks. The Deacon and his wife where I live hung a crucifix in their bathroom across from the toilet. It is the creepiest thing to look at while going to the bathroom. It feels sacrilegious to crap while looking at a crucifix. I even had a pap smear (vaginal exam) at a Catholic hospital while having to stare at a crucifix on the wall. I don't understand Catholics. Some of them even put a crucifix in the bedroom to look at while having sex.

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  • katdr12
    11 years ago

    I think everyone should have a respectful fear of crucifixes, the same with god. You respect god out of fear. No, you shouldnt shake when you see crosses, but to freak out a little is normal. Seriously, past lives?

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  • catsinabin
    11 years ago

    good for u

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