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I can’t stand them. It’s the feeling of being trapped on something where I can’t control the movement (particularly the sudden, violent, plunging movement), can’t control the feeling of my stomach dropping, can’t make it stop so I can get off it. The last time I went on a merry-go-round (after not having been on one since I was a little kid—and I’d loved it back then), I had a panic attack. I actually had to wrap myself tightly around the horse & the pole, and close my eyes.
I know I’m claustrophobic, but I don’t know what it’s called when it also extends into situations I can’t escape from.
I can’t even handle the sudden, rapid, flashing camera movement & rapid cutting that permeates most movies, TV shows, and videos these days. It just gets me so keyed up that I can’t watch it for more than a few seconds. Needless to say, 99% of the movies I see are on TCM—where story, script, and acting are more important than CGI and wild camera movement & cutting.
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