I fear anything that involves large volumes of falling water. Man-made structures seem to increase the fear. Dams freak me out like you, but the #1 for me is the cooling towers you find around power plants. At the base, they have large quantities of water falling to cool it before they discharge it. I think this is because we have a plant near our house, and it is possible that my dad may have taken me to see it when I was very young and gotten scared of it (he worked there). I don't actually remember if this happened, though. I have done what you did before, looking up pictures just for the thrill of being scared by them. I tried to look up a name for this; the closest I came was Potamophobia (fear of rivers or running water). I didn't find any mention of a fear of falling water, though.
Dams scare the hell out of me
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I fear anything that involves large volumes of falling water. Man-made structures seem to increase the fear. Dams freak me out like you, but the #1 for me is the cooling towers you find around power plants. At the base, they have large quantities of water falling to cool it before they discharge it. I think this is because we have a plant near our house, and it is possible that my dad may have taken me to see it when I was very young and gotten scared of it (he worked there). I don't actually remember if this happened, though. I have done what you did before, looking up pictures just for the thrill of being scared by them. I tried to look up a name for this; the closest I came was Potamophobia (fear of rivers or running water). I didn't find any mention of a fear of falling water, though.