I know exactly how you are feeling.... although at the first sight
of them blowing up balloons I would have been GONE!! I also hate it
when they give kids balloons in retaurants... I freak out.. Now i
feel so bad.. I have a brand nwe baby and she wont know what a
balloon even is..

--- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com, "defiant6_b4"
<defiant6_b4@...> wrote:
>
> And that phobia centers around balloons. It scares me to death
when
> they pop or just the threat of it. Now just seeing balloons does
not
> instantly make me terrified, but if they are being blown up and
tied
> off or are near something that could easily make them pop, that's
when
> I get really scared. Had a bad experience near Christmas at an
> Applebee's where they were blowing up balloons on the helium tank
and 3
> of them popped with the last one being the loudest. I was so
distressed
> that I could no longer eat my food. One of my friend's had to ask
them
> to stop inflating them so I could calm down. Talk about being
majorly
> embarrassed :(
>