I have a fear of dams and the way the water falls off of the dam is especially scary. The harder the water flows, the scarier. I remember as a child being scared of a dam that we passed by each morning on the way to take my mom to work. It would be dark and foggy and loud and it scared me. As an adult, I went to a popular and large dam in the area where I live with my mother and I was afraid to even look at it. If I glimpsed at it out the corner of my eye, an overwhelming fear came over me like I've never felt. So, I didn't look at it fully. Pictures don't bother me. Just real life. But, I decided one day to go to the dam with my children and watch their reaction. They liked it. As most people seem to. So, we spent the day there and it wasn't as big or scary as I remembered. When I saw they weren't scared and my youngest son was scared of everything, I knew it wasn't that bad. So I guess I'm over my fear. I now can see the beauty in the man-made waterfall (and try not to think of the danger), as I call them.
Dams scare the hell out of me
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I have a fear of dams and the way the water falls off of the dam is especially scary. The harder the water flows, the scarier. I remember as a child being scared of a dam that we passed by each morning on the way to take my mom to work. It would be dark and foggy and loud and it scared me. As an adult, I went to a popular and large dam in the area where I live with my mother and I was afraid to even look at it. If I glimpsed at it out the corner of my eye, an overwhelming fear came over me like I've never felt. So, I didn't look at it fully. Pictures don't bother me. Just real life. But, I decided one day to go to the dam with my children and watch their reaction. They liked it. As most people seem to. So, we spent the day there and it wasn't as big or scary as I remembered. When I saw they weren't scared and my youngest son was scared of everything, I knew it wasn't that bad. So I guess I'm over my fear. I now can see the beauty in the man-made waterfall (and try not to think of the danger), as I call them.