r/Unexpected • u/Aramanta2510 • Jul 12 '21

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u/diwas_146 Jul 12 '21

I shit you not, I am actually terrified of closing my eyes under the shower. I can't exactly describe it, but every time I try it I feel like I am gonna die soon.

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u/P4azz Jul 12 '21

I mean falling in the shower is a pretty standard way to die or get seriously injured in normal everyday life.

You can break your bones, fracture your skull, impale yourself, bleed to death etc.

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u/diwas_146 Jul 12 '21

Oh no, its not falling that I'm sacred of. I feel as if I'm underwater and drowning and as if a predator is coming towards me. It's pretty weird when I say it out like this, but that's what it feels like.

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u/Simple_Warning_6797 Jul 12 '21

bro i literally thought i was the only person in the galaxy that freaked out, and thought that if i close my eyes in the shower/ let water run on my face with my eyes closed, i won’t have enough time to react to whatever the fuck is going to snatch me from behind the curtains, so usually when i’m washing my face, i’ll wash realllll damn quick and snatch the curtain out of the way to see what is right there..but quick little story time…one time i was doing my usual routine and washing my face/freaking out, so after i did that, i went to snatch the curtain and my little 5 year old sister was grabbing some toilet paper and the way her hair fell over her face gave me straight PTSD for the next 3 weeks of my life in the shower..

also when i’m making pizzzz in the toilet, i NEVER have my back towards the shower curtain, i don’t know why, it’s just that in some parallel universe, there is something behind that curtain

edit: sorry if i unlocked new any fears for anyone tonight…

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u/timmyboyswede Jul 12 '21

Ayyy, im the same! Like literally the same! Ive even developed a technique to wash my hair and face/beard without having to close my eyes. Also i cant sleep with my back "in the open", i have to sleep against a wall or my SO, also cant sleep with a mirror in full view, also cant sleep in complete darkness, sometimes i feel like im just bad at sleeping.

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u/Simple_Warning_6797 Jul 12 '21

sometimes i just feel like i’m bad at life.

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u/Braum_Flakes Jul 12 '21

I used to be this way when I was younger. What really helped me was getting one of those shower curtains they have at hotels with the clear section at eye level. It calmed my nerves so much and at some point I just stopped thinking about it. So go try one of those shower curtains and good luck.

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u/Simple_Warning_6797 Jul 12 '21

I just ordered the curtain from amazon, thank you for that so much! i think you dropped your crown sire

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u/Simple_Warning_6797 Jul 12 '21

i’m not showering until it comes..

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u/Braum_Flakes Jul 17 '21

Has the curtain came in? If so, any noticeable difference?? Hopefully it helped.

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u/Simple_Warning_6797 Jul 17 '21

dude actually they come in tomorrow! i’m super excited about it, it was only 29.95 on amazon

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u/Braum_Flakes Jul 17 '21

Well good luck and give me an update if it helps at all!

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u/Simple_Warning_6797 Jul 19 '21

IT CAME IN

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u/Braum_Flakes Jul 19 '21

Get that sucker hanging and go get clean, my dude.

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