Is anyone else terrified of going on fairground rides?

I don’t mind looking at them. But even since I was a kid I’ve been terrified of actually going on things like this

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No I love those they’re fun. Sometimes I get nerves before huge roller coasters but that’s it. Often with those rides they look scary but once you actually ride them you realize they’re fun! Face your fear! :smiling_imp:

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I used to do every single ride till around the age 17.
Now i am afraid of a med side effect like heart attack :neutral_face: But when sane and well it is fun

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I went on the worlds at the time, tallest and fastest roller coaster like 5 times in high school. Then I went to the least scary amusement park in the world like 3 years ago and it was 10000x scarier. I think when U get older U get more cautious about this stuff

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In the past I couldn’t get enough of the rides, my favorite is in a real airplane, (not the commercial kind.)

Nowadays, I don’t trust the people putting them together enough to feel safe enough to ride one, a lot of places just don’t pay the maintenance man enough to do a very thorough job.

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Amusement Parks and Carnivals are triggering places for me.
The crowds, the strangers, the noise, the rides! (I don’t go on rides).

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The swing ride in your photo is fun. I have been on one like it. I do not like things that drop you from very high or take you upside down.

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Have you been to six flags NJ. I reckon it’s probably within an hour of you ??? That’s where I went on kingda ka, the worlds fastest and tallest roller coaster at the time!!

And then when I was scared buttless was at rye playland 3 years ago!!! The rides there weren’t that scary but I had anxiety. To be a kid again?

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I have membership at la ronde :cry::weary::sunglasses::sunglasses::sunglasses::sunglasses:

I might go

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Not something I would look forward to anymore

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Have u ever been on the ride that spins in a circle and you stick to the wall??? And they play music??? I described it to my friend as having a “bad trip” with drugs. Same kind of feeling.

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I’m scared of heights so anything high up scares me like the Ferris wheel. One’s that spin and go fast but not high are fine for me.

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I went to Great Adventure as a kid or teen.
Long time ago :slight_smile:

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No that ride you showed in the picture is fun, it’s the only one I go on.

Mr Turtle and I went to the exhibition one year and he had never been on that ride so I convinced him to go on it. He’s afraid of heights though! He got the seat that went higher than mine and I said to him “Oh you’re lucky you get to go higher than me.” and he started to freak out silently a bit. Twas funny, many lols. He still brings it up to this day.

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i fear that as well

I’m not scared of them but I get no enjoyment out of riding them.

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I hate those things. I know I will die if I go on one. So yeah I’m terrified by them. I get panic attacks just watching them sometimes. I’m super glad my kids are too old for those carnivals now.

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I don’t like heights but I love roller coasters. Haven’t ridden one in a long time though.

Used to go to Astro World every now and then in Houston. But it’s been closed for a while now.

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That’s called the Gravitron I think.

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I haven’t ridden on a amusement park ride since my teens. im going to be thirty in October so its been a while. crowds were never my strong suit. I worry about my partner and her little sister getting on rides since I don’t trust that the rides are properly maintained.

we have a carnival when the circus comes back in town to rest for the summer and I usually try to avoid going but my partner’s little sister wants me to go cause she knows I love funnel cakes and cotton candy. I think this time we are going to get drinks from the pharmacy just down the street of the carnivall

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