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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?
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.
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!
normal some of them are way steep. i had a recurrent nightmare for a couple of years about a steep escalator. (and rollercoasters)
Not normal dude. If anything just slide down from the escalator railing, if that helps.
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,
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.
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