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kx250rider
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29 Jul 2011, 9:43 am

I have a weird one... Since I was about 2 years old, I was scared of vent fans (like the ones in bathrooms and kitchens). No idea why. I never got my finger in one, or anything... I would panic and run out of a room if I discovered there was a vent fan in there. I still feel the weird feeling at age 44 when I see one, but as a landlord and electrician among other things, I deal with vent fans all the time, and I cannot for the life of me, figure out the rationale behind the former phobia and now funny feeling.

And I'm not afraid of stuff that most people SHOULD be; poisonous spiders, snakes, alleys in bad neighborhoods, etc.

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29 Jul 2011, 9:56 am

Spazzergasm wrote:
I do like balloons actually. The popping noise hurts, but as long as I prepare myself for a moment, I can pop them.


I have to hold my ears! My brother hates it too and admited to me he was scared of it too! So was a girl I went to school with! In 8th grade some of the kids were popping balloons and she was freaking out and so was I!


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29 Jul 2011, 10:23 am

kx250rider wrote:
I have a weird one... Since I was about 2 years old, I was scared of vent fans (like the ones in bathrooms and kitchens). No idea why. I never got my finger in one, or anything... I would panic and run out of a room if I discovered there was a vent fan in there. I still feel the weird feeling at age 44 when I see one, but as a landlord and electrician among other things, I deal with vent fans all the time, and I cannot for the life of me, figure out the rationale behind the former phobia and now funny feeling.

And I'm not afraid of stuff that most people SHOULD be; poisonous spiders, snakes, alleys in bad neighborhoods, etc.

Charles

could it possibly have been the giant ceiling fan in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? i had issues for a while after seeing that.


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29 Jul 2011, 12:10 pm

kx250rider wrote:
I have a weird one... Since I was about 2 years old, I was scared of vent fans (like the ones in bathrooms and kitchens). No idea why. I never got my finger in one, or anything... I would panic and run out of a room if I discovered there was a vent fan in there. I still feel the weird feeling at age 44 when I see one, but as a landlord and electrician among other things, I deal with vent fans all the time, and I cannot for the life of me, figure out the rationale behind the former phobia and now funny feeling.

And I'm not afraid of stuff that most people SHOULD be; poisonous spiders, snakes, alleys in bad neighborhoods, etc.

Charles


I HATED those! I was afraid of the noise and didn`t wanna go in the bathroom or just turned that switch offf!


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