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Exhaust fan phobia

So, I've been terrified of these exhaust fans almost my entire life even seeing one sends a shiver down my spine. I don't recall how and what made me so scared of them. In south Asia they are not like vents but mostly wall mounted ones and are horrifyingly loud sometimes especially old ones. I remember not going to the bathroom with this one fan which probably was huge , circular and had a weird noise and then my mother removed it for me. I'm scared of going to public toilets and I have to hold it till I get back home. I remember begging my parents to not get it installed in our new house. When I was 11 I had to pee real bad so my aunt took me to a restroom in a restaurant and I straight up refused to enter It because the fan was on and even though she turned it off I still feared it might turn on somehow so I held it in lmao. Anyway I think it got better with age but still kinda terrifies me.

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u/sugurusgf18 — 3 days ago