Is it normal that i have an intense fear of mall santas?

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To elaborate, not only will I frantically avoid mall Santas, but any people in any sort of large suit, such as the ones worn at Disneyland (Mickey Mouse costumes etc.)

The level of fear is similar to a mid-level panic attack, and I have been this way for as long as I can remember.
The only childhood photo of me on Santa's lap is one where I have a look of pure fear on my face.

I don't know where this phobia came from, but it has not abated even though I have grown out of most other childhood fears.

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  • SmokeEverything
    5 years ago

    you should fill a water baloon with piss and throw it at them off a high bridge

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  • SquidKid
    5 years ago

    Ok but I have a picture of me crying on A mall Santa’s lap as a kid so you are not alone

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  • hidden_light
    5 years ago

    I have pogonophobia and am scared of mall santas. I don't know where the fear came from either but maybe you have pogonophobia too?

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  • Ronniexx
    5 years ago

    I think everybody is at least a little scared of those things no matter what they want to say. God, I hate those people in costumes at Disneyland (and chuck e cheese is even worse)

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  • RealOGTinDenial
    5 years ago

    I’m getting flashbacks to a friends birthday party in elementary school when I hid under a table crying because I was so terrified of Chuck E. Cheese.

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    • CitraSelir
      5 years ago

      I have actively avoided Chuck E. Cheese's all my life, I'm truly sorry you had to go through such an ordeal.

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  • Hagart
    5 years ago

    It’s probably not normal but I get it bro

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  • mattypattpatt
    5 years ago

    While maybe uncommon. Such a phobia is normal and understandable. Those things are creepy.

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