Weird Fear

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Last edited by BPalmer on 27 Nov 2008, 3:53 am, edited 1 time in total.

What's even worse is the hand-dryers in the bathrooms on the trains between Sydney and Brisbane. It's a model designed for normal public facilities, NOT the confined spaces of a train bathroom, and it sounds extremely loud. Used one on the way home three years ago, and it scared the life outta me.

Speaking of weird fears, as a toddler I was utterly terrified of the mangle-type washing machine in a family friend's house. Since the laundry had a doorway facing the hall, I wouldn't dare venture up the hallway. At the end of it was a bedroom with some Lego in view. Well, I loved Lego (legendary toy). What a shame I couldn't reach that Lego, eh? But one day I plucked up enough courage and ran at Mach 5 up the hallway, and finally got my hands on that Lego (to play with, not to take home, alas). In hindsight, it's not hard to see why those older-style machines looked so scary to me as a young child; they resembled a one-eyed, pot-bellied robot.

This is amazing to me. I mean, I thought it was just me. When I was a kid, I used to fear I would eat or drink things that would kill me... cleaning products, paint, that sort of thing. I thought I was the only one in the world who had a fear like this.

The thing about it was that I thought I was irresistibly drawn to the "poison" and that I was beyond my power to stop myself from drinking it. My parents, who thought I was weird anyway, always used to put things like that on high shelves and hide the step stool to reassure me that I couldn't get to it.

Eventually, the fear subsided, but what causes something like this? Is it part of being an Aspie or what?

there are many different branches of anxiety and eating disorders and i'm guessing this is a mixture of both, i once read about a teenager who ate anything he came into contact with due to his condition and i'm guessing if someone with aspergers had this same disorder they would feel enough anxiety not to do anything about it, even though they are 'drawn' to the product in question.

I always have a problem with open-back stairs. Always thought I could fall right through them. Doesn't matter that I'm fatter than the stairs are tall. For years, I could never make it into my aunt's basement because of this. Strange thing is, I don't have a problem with ladders, that I can go right through, or fall off of easier. Can't stand ladders that are straight up, though (like the access ladders that are sometimes bolted to walls). It must have a little angle, and I'm fine.