In my 20s I developed a fear of escalators because Iโd have recurring nightmares about going up a never ending escalator with no railings.
๐ฅน Iโd be on my knees screaming
I was!!! And this happened a few times a week. I developed a phobia of escalators. Couldnโt do them for like a decade. But then one day my daughter said that she couldnโt go on an escalator, she was too scared. I realized I had projected my unfounded fear onto my kids and that made me pull myself together, to show them there was nothing to worry about.
Thatโs both adorable and very adult of you ๐ฅนโฅ๏ธ
I felt terrible that she had absorbed my fear. But I seriously couldnโt do them. Iโd find an elevator or take stairs. It was so ridiculous but I would get physically ill on escalators, my knees would buckle, shaking uncontrollably etc. it was so bad. My poor kiddos had to see me like that when they were little.
Isnโt it wild how our brains can trick us into being so terrified of things? To be that scared while everyone else just goes about their lives normally
Right? And I KNEW it was ridiculous but I somehow still couldnโt get past it.
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