idk if this is a safe space for this but i have been scared of zombies since the start of the pandemic and it is now resurfacing again, i get anxious all the time. i havent shared this to anyone before because it is ridiculous but i cant help it. not like just a simple fear i am actually scared that it might happen irl
I used to be so scared of zombies when i was a kid.
When I was in second grade, a boy in my class put on the Michael Jackson "Thriller" music video and it traumatised me for years. I love horror movies, but could never watch anything even hinting at zombie like behaviour. I got nightmares of 'Plants Vs Zombies', that's how bad it was at one point. Then after the pandemic started and I was stuck at home, I had a lot of time to think (which is never good when you're an over-thinker) and my zombie fear got resurrected again like yours did. Not wanting any more nightmares I decided to do exposure therapy. (Baby steps? I hardly even know'er) I started watching every zombie movie and series I could find and really threw myself into the zombie rabbit hole. (ADHD and hyper focus amiright) Now I love watching zombie movies (obsessed really) and actively search for them. I do get some anxiety that bubbles up again from time to time, but I resolve it by watching behind the scenes and bloopers from the movie/series.
Although if a zombie apocalypse were to happen irl, I would immediately and 100% commit suicide.
TL;DR: Saw "Thriller" music video as a kid and got traumatised for years. Began intense exposure therapy after the pandemic and now love zombie movies.
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I used to be so scared of zombies when i was a kid.
When I was in second grade, a boy in my class put on the Michael Jackson "Thriller" music video and it traumatised me for years.
I love horror movies, but could never watch anything even hinting at zombie like behaviour. I got nightmares of 'Plants Vs Zombies', that's how bad it was at one point.
Then after the pandemic started and I was stuck at home, I had a lot of time to think (which is never good when you're an over-thinker) and my zombie fear got resurrected again like yours did. Not wanting any more nightmares I decided to do exposure therapy. (Baby steps? I hardly even know'er)
I started watching every zombie movie and series I could find and really threw myself into the zombie rabbit hole. (ADHD and hyper focus amiright)
Now I love watching zombie movies (obsessed really) and actively search for them.
I do get some anxiety that bubbles up again from time to time, but I resolve it by watching behind the scenes and bloopers from the movie/series.
Although if a zombie apocalypse were to happen irl, I would immediately and 100% commit suicide.
TL;DR: Saw "Thriller" music video as a kid and got traumatised for years. Began intense exposure therapy after the pandemic and now love zombie movies.
bruh me too, but since i was a kid bcz i used to play the last of us and i was scared as shit of them and still am (tho it is a fav game)