r/BeAmazed • u/SelectResident_BE • Feb 11 '25

Place The oppressive feeling of the pamir plateau

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u/koolaidismything Feb 11 '25

Megalophobia.

The fear of giant landmarks. I have that and agoraphobia I think.. fuck. I can’t focus until I’m somewhere like populated with utilities

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u/JustJohn211 Feb 11 '25

Reminds me of when I was driving through mountain roads at night. Scared the hell out of me, just a giant black mass all around and then the sky above it

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u/MonarcaAzul Feb 12 '25

I’ve never been able to explain this, but I feel the exact same way when driving in the dark. My husband and I took a trip up to Portland from the Bay Area and seeing Mount Shasta at night felt like a giant looming beast in front of us. It gave me the worst feeling of anxiety and I couldn’t shake it as it was hours.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth Feb 12 '25

Megalophobia.

Isn't that the fear of watching Francis Ford Coppola's disaster of a movie?