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Scary water

Just_me

I have been embarrassed most of my life about my fear of certain situations. The main culprits that cause me to get anxious, (actually anxious isn’t the word, I don’t even know the word for what happens to me) is toilets flushing, urinals flushing and blocked toilets. It’s the sound that gets me at fist then when I see the water I am completely frozen to the spot. Friends and family have teased me about this since I was a child. I’m now mid 40’s and still struggle with these situations. I just wandered if there js any one else who experiences this. What I was always told was silly I have been told in recent years is possibly associated with sensory overload. 
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  • in reply to Stuart333

    Hi, thanks for your reply. That makes sense. I trained as a plumber in order to confront the fears and handling and tipping water doesn’t really bother me. I think it’s the uncontrolled sense of a flushing toilet more than anything else. Back in the 1980’s when I was a child toilets made very loud noises and seemed to flush violently. Im not as bad as I was with the newer toilets, but the older types with the high level cistern still absolutely terrify me.

    thanks for your response. I will keep trying new ways of easing the anxiety, I don’t want my children to pick up on my fears and become scared themselves