Is it normal to have such a crazy fear of this particular video game

First a little background, I am 26, exmilitary, served in Iraq, now co-own a company with my Dad, pretty normal person I would say. I'm a gamer, been a gamer for a while now. There is a game series called Silent Hill that has also been made into a movie. Now I have been to war, seen bad stuff, played a lot of games, seen movies, and nothing in the world has come close to scaring me as bad as this game. It's not even fear, its like I feel sick to my stomach, have mild panic attacks, and I start to cry when I even think about SH (I will say SH because I really don't want to type it out). It is crazy. I have played plenty of scary games before, and the thing is, I have not even played through any of the whole games! I have only gotten through 25% of SH 4 game 10% of SH 2, and about 5 minutes of
SH 3. I watched the movie and I was crying and I didn't even know why, nothing on screen going on sad, just a psychological reaction, like my soul was being weighed down and in pain. I am a Christian and believe in demons but I have played and watched many other demonic themed things and never had any sort of reaction like this, was not even scared. I played SH 2 and my friend ended up calling 911 cause I thought I was having a heart attack and almost passed out. Just writing this story about SH I am starting to have a mild panic attack coupled with nausea. Earlier today I watched a trailer for a new SH game and hot tears started streaming down my face, that is the main reason I am writing this, and my eyes are burning right now. I know this can't be normal, can it? I have never had any sort of psych problem or any history of mental illness or anything.

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  • swoonin'

    Ahhhh yes yes! I actually knew what game you were talking about before opening your story. This is about how I felt when I was first introduced to "SH", at the age of about 11. Now at that age it's pretty normal to be heavily affected by a video game, but I think at your age, you should try taking it easy. Maybe get psychological help. But I understand, the game stays with me too. C:

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  • Therawyn

    It seems to me, that you're just having a particularily strong reaction to those games and movies. If it's so bad that your friends have to call 911 because you pass out from the sheer fear of it, I strongly advise you to stay away from them. I don't even know why you would watch/play them in the first place when you know that they give you panic attacks. Just stop watching the movies and playing the games. If you want to know the reason why you react like you do, visit a therapist. It could be caused by a fear or something deep in your mind, that you have successfully suppressed and therefore forgotten.

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  • u should look up this funny review on the game. It shows gameplay on SH but the guy showing ot is really funny. I think it will make you feel better about the game, but im not sure if you should try wathing it if you will have a panic atack just seeing it.

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  • elliotis24

    It's not that hard to live a silent hill-free life. Just stay away from it

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  • samantha013

    maybe its because you served in Iraq and the thoughts of what happened are coming through when you play those games. My advice: stop

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  • normal, just some sort if phobia

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  • NopeNotNormal

    I've never played the game, but I liked the movie LOTS!

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  • Thank you so much for the service to our country :)
    Anyway, I can't do scary things. I watched Friday the 13th with my friends and I was sleeping on my parents bedroom floor for two weeks last summer.

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  • mini

    Oh my gosh I love this game!! It scares me like hell too! I finished all SH games, it's the most amazing game ever :)

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  • OH OH OH, thats okay. I never played Silent Hill series but I have heard nothing but good things about SH 2. Although those games have flaws, from what I hear about SH2 should be done more often. Things like using fear to scare you instead of the crappy startle effect from the Doom series.

    To truly horrify a person by the atmosphere instead of just for which type of monster is out there is truly a thing I wish they would work on more often.

    For the review of SH2, look here
    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/878-Silent-Hill-2

    For other videos from him, look here
    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation?page=1

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  • bluesun

    Wow your country must be very proud sending soldiers to fight in the real world but crapping their pants of a 3D game!!

    wow I am impressed!

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  • NotSoLaky

    Am i the only one who has never heard or seen the game or movie?

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  • Tl;dr

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  • i once shitted my pants when a boar attacked me in WoW, and i started crying and went to my mom and she gave me a hug, then i went to my bathroom abd jerked off and licked the juice from the floor so that no1 sees that i jerked off and i went to sleep

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