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Originally Posted by abaya
What a great thread! I no longer feel so alone in the world... other people share my fear of bathrooms.  Actually, for me it's not so much the dark bathrooms, but going to the bathroom *at night* (even if the light's on). I don't like being on one side of any curtain, but I get most scared when I can't see the whole bathroom. So if I'm taking a shower, I get paranoid about what's going on *outside* the curtains.
And if I'm washing my face over the sink, I get scared the instant I close my eyes and have to keep them closed until all the soap is gone... meanwhile, in my head there are axe murderers, ghosts, what have you, all creeping up on me while I'm washing my face. |
Wow, that's me to a T. When washing my face, I try to wash out the soap as fast as possible to have my eyes open. I'm extremely paranoid that somebody will be reflected in the mirror behind me when I open them. Going to the bathroom at night to get a drink of water (not from a toilet, sickos), I don't turn on the light and I have my eyes closed so that I don't see myself in the mirror.
A couple of months ago, I went on one of my usual "fill-a-water-bottle-with-tap-water-in-the-bathroom" trips and had my eyes open while filling it up. I felt something stuck in my teeth (weird since I brushed not too long before) and opened my mouth in front of the mirror to see what it was (smart, right?). I spilled my water all over the bathroom floor and my heart was racing for good 10 minutes after I saw my face with a gaping black hole in the middle of it.
I got goosebumps now. I also check the curtain everytime it's closed and have to have it open.