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?
it's rational to be afraid of rollercoasters. they're scary
basically the whole point of roller coasters is that they're scary, that's the thrill of it, they satisfy your risk seeking impulse in a safe way. if you're too much of a pussy to ride one then seek less thrilling risks like stealing shit from your workplace or prank call people.
It's not irrational. They are terrifying. I have to close my eyes the entire time just to bear them. Rollercoasters are the most idiotic flex for "bravery" even more retarded than horror movies and extreme metal.
Rollercoaster riding is fascist behaviour. It is good that you are repulsed by this death machine.
>>738177Shock therapy. Pay a bunch of hood uyghurs to kidnap you and force you to ride roller coaster until you get bored.
>>738214>extreme metalI mean once it gets extreme enough it falls into the ADHD music threshhold where it's calming since it's a predictable noise that drowns out the ambient noise of the room.
I don't like rollercoasters either. I did go on a few a long time ago at Magic Mountain and while it was frightening at first I sort got used after a bit. I eventually got tired of riding them so I sat out a few rides while my cousin and uncle continued riding on them. It did mix my stomach up a bit and made it a difficult for me to eat until much later when I got home and was starving. I never went on rollercoasters after that and don't particularly want to and it has been over 20 years now.
>>738177>I hated it, It was a wooden roller coaster and it is over 100 years old and that is why it is so creepy.ironically even though those are less "scary" than the big metal ones that make you loop de loop and corkscrew they are way more dangerous due to their age and materials
>I have an irrational fear of roller coasters. fear of roller coasters is not irrational.
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
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