Is it normal to be scared of going down an escalator?

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every time i go to big department stores i have to take the elevator or the stairs. if going down an escalator is the only option i cant go. i am very terrified of going down but i have no problem going up. i was wondering if my phobia of going down escalators is normal?

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  • Sexonfire
    12 years ago | pl

    It's just a phobia. I get scared when i'm on an escalator but not enough to not use them but i'm terrified of heights so thats probably why.

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  • hellohellozombie
    12 years ago | pl

    i guess its normal. my dad used to tell me a story where the kid didnt tie his shoe lace...
    scared the hell out of me!

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  • LittleLover
    12 years ago | pl

    its normal, i dislike going down escalators but im not scared of them

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago | pl

    normal some of them are way steep. i had a recurrent nightmare for a couple of years about a steep escalator. (and rollercoasters)

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  • Sweetcat
    12 years ago | pl

    Not normal dude. If anything just slide down from the escalator railing, if that helps.

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  • mluker
    12 years ago | pl

    Downs the best

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  • mysteriousME
    12 years ago | pl

    thanks but when i attempt to go down an escalator its like it cant breathe and I'm very paranoid. its feels like I'm falling, its really not a great feeling,

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  • dappled
    12 years ago | pl

    It's more normal than you think. There is nothing in nature like an escalator. It's outside our experience of the way the natural world is. I don't think you have a phobia (an irrational fear). I think you have a very rational fear in the same way people are afraid of flying or deep water.

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  • gako
    12 years ago | pl

    It really isn't normal. I don't see how you could be scared of slow moving escaltor. I mean they hardly move that fast. Grow up

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