They terrify me as well, and I know why. As a child I watched a TV programme where contestants had to blow up balloons. They had to wear frogman-style goggles as they inflated them in case they exploded and presumably blinded them.
Thats interesting and I think theres almost always a cause in childhood for our fears if indeed we arnt born with them. For me it was when I was a child also and my Mum blew up a yellow balloon and drew a face on it. I played happily with the balloon and wondered at the smiling face for a while then patted it against a vase of roses on the table. Bang! I was tarumatised by both the loud sudden noise and also the fact that my nice smiling balloon was gone in a flash and a bang. It then stuck with me as you will know yourself.
Is it normal to be nervous of blowing balloons up?
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Interestingly a not-uncommon fear if you put 'balloons' into the search field above.
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Thanks Jeaneathean. I didnt think about that. Yes there does seem to be a lot more than me.
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To reprise a previous response of mine.....
They terrify me as well, and I know why. As a child I watched a TV programme where contestants had to blow up balloons. They had to wear frogman-style goggles as they inflated them in case they exploded and presumably blinded them.
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Thats interesting and I think theres almost always a cause in childhood for our fears if indeed we arnt born with them. For me it was when I was a child also and my Mum blew up a yellow balloon and drew a face on it. I played happily with the balloon and wondered at the smiling face for a while then patted it against a vase of roses on the table. Bang! I was tarumatised by both the loud sudden noise and also the fact that my nice smiling balloon was gone in a flash and a bang. It then stuck with me as you will know yourself.