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First off, can I have this moved to Misc?

Ok, so onto the topic:

I have a severe form of pyrophobia, but it's a weird type: I'm afraid to see things melt/burn.

You see, I discovered that I had it way back in kindergarden while watching CatCF in a darkened room. The melting puppets scared me to the point where I ran screaming from the room, and to this day I have to leave the room when it comes on. I will literally become a trembling, shaking mess when it starts, I run into the bathroom, cover my ears and close my eyes, and lock the door. This gets a lot of negative response from everyone around me when it happens.

Another example was when I was at Shaigirl343's birthday slumber party back in 2009. We were surfing youtube for weird videos. One of the girls pulled up a video called "Exploding Elmo Toy", and I became a terrified wreck. I tried to get away and avoid it, but the volume was blasting, and the screen was exposed. This led to the girls watching ENDLESS streams of toys burning, melting, and exploding. They were entertained, but I was terrified.

Even seeing pictures of burned toys/dolls/robots/etc sends me into a panic.

I also seem to become shakey and scared whenever I hear music/sounds becoming deeper, slower, and distorted. Just hearing the "Smooth Jazz" music short out in Portal 2 made me shakey for minutes on end. Same with low-battery toys.

It's a very embarassing phobia, and I hate having to leave the room like a little kid and curl up scared in the bathroom whenever these sort of things are present. Everyone is confused and upset when I have to exit the room. What do I do?

I've tried overcoming my fear many times, but it just doesn't work. Any suggestions? Or at least a way to escape from it all without making a fuss? It would help me a lot!

-Samid11