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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. 
Thank you for reading

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  • I used to not like the sound of toilets flushing or of running water, I used to be scared of baths and showers too, water getting in my face, I love both baths and showers now and the ear of flushing has lessened. But I wonder how much of it came from seeing pictures of hands coming out of the toilet and stuff like that?

    COuld have seen something that really scared you as a child that you've never been able to articulate and therefore move on from? 

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  • I used to not like the sound of toilets flushing or of running water, I used to be scared of baths and showers too, water getting in my face, I love both baths and showers now and the ear of flushing has lessened. But I wonder how much of it came from seeing pictures of hands coming out of the toilet and stuff like that?

    COuld have seen something that really scared you as a child that you've never been able to articulate and therefore move on from? 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I do remember seeing a toilet that blocked and overflowed as a child which scared the life out of me, that is quite possibly where the visual fear comes from, I’ve always been sensitive to sounds and as a child toilets and urinals used to make loud hissing sounds and were generally very loud.

    As a younger adult I decided to confront the fears bead on and trained as a plumber and I am a lot better than I used to be. But when it comes to old darker bathrooms or commercial toilets it’s like being that scared child again. Maybe it’s something that will never go away but I don’t want my children to pick up on my fears and make them scared as well.

    thanks for your reply