I used to have this as a child. A fairly common childhood fear. I rationalize this as kids are small and vulnerable and when something dangerous which has previously killed other humans are present I should run for my own survival.
Skulls were the worst. The eye sockets and the mouth looked like they were in attack mode just waiting to charge at me. Teeth that would rip me in half, and eyes too big to be human.
The word "skeleton" in itself were a trigger. But I'm a bit chubby and thanked my lucky star about as much as I cursed it. (I'm a female after all!)
I'm also a vegetarian but that has nothing to do with it. I wanted to be "cool" and not being picked at. The class loud mouth was a militant vegan at the age of 13!
Today, at the age of 30, I can look at them if they look "dead" and in small, parted, quantities. I freak out of games like Assassins Creeds dungeon levels still. You know, when they overwhelm me.
As long as there's flesh that hides the bones I'm fine with it, people has never freaked me out for that reason.
I hope you can all work through this. You may have to speak to someone professional if it hinders your life. Good luck out there. :-)
Is It Normal I have an extreme fear of skeletons and bones?
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I used to have this as a child. A fairly common childhood fear. I rationalize this as kids are small and vulnerable and when something dangerous which has previously killed other humans are present I should run for my own survival.
Skulls were the worst. The eye sockets and the mouth looked like they were in attack mode just waiting to charge at me. Teeth that would rip me in half, and eyes too big to be human.
The word "skeleton" in itself were a trigger. But I'm a bit chubby and thanked my lucky star about as much as I cursed it. (I'm a female after all!)
I'm also a vegetarian but that has nothing to do with it. I wanted to be "cool" and not being picked at. The class loud mouth was a militant vegan at the age of 13!
Today, at the age of 30, I can look at them if they look "dead" and in small, parted, quantities. I freak out of games like Assassins Creeds dungeon levels still. You know, when they overwhelm me.
As long as there's flesh that hides the bones I'm fine with it, people has never freaked me out for that reason.
I hope you can all work through this. You may have to speak to someone professional if it hinders your life. Good luck out there. :-)