I have an irrational fear of roller coasters. I went on one today during a Christmas event at a local amusement park for the first time in a few years. I hated it, It was a wooden roller coaster and it is over 100 years old and that is why it is so creepy. It is completely natural in its drops since it was built on the side of a hill, that is why there is not even a lift-hill before the first drop. Parts of it were fun but I can't handle the drops because you just feel the air press against you as you fall. But the thing is that I don't regret going on the coster because it made me feel less like a pussy, but I still am too much of a pussy to go on any newer metal roller coasters and I don't know why, I know that they are safe and shit, I'm not afraid of tube-waterslides even though those are probably way more un-safe. Any advice that I won't reply to?
11 posts omitted.In a way it is very irrational to be scared of roller coasters. The chance of injury is ridiculously low. You are much much more likely to get into a car crash. On the other hand you are experiencing high speeds and turns which your brain naturally finds scary. But still it isn't dangerous at all. There are much stricter safety procedures for roller coasters than most things in life. They have redundant systems preventing failure, but if you are crossing the road there is nothing stopping an evil drunk driver Yankee from going through the traffic lights and killing you.
I don't really get the appeal of roller coasters because they aren't that scary. I could have a scarier and more real experience climbing any tree in a park. I think these real experiences are much more valuable than the stale safety of roller coasters. What are really scary are motor vehicles. I have dreams where I for some reason steal a car and then drive faster and faster and faster and I am going to crash into people and kill them and the police are after me. For me motor cars are the scariest things in the world, but I still ride in them when offered of course.
>>738245This is a very personal experience