i love talking about this because its ultra specific but at the same time i always run into similar folk who had something on tv that just activated the "this is going to kill me" centers of the brain as a toddler or so
for me it was this specific PBS stinger that would send me into literal fits of crying from age like, 4 to maybe 6 or 7 and continued to at least be unsettling till i was like 10:
i genuinely could not tell you why this caused such a severe reaction within me but its one of my favorite stories to tell
it also definitely sowed the seeds of me being deeply unsettled up into my early teens by "parental discretion advised" type messages before shows because that in combo with living in a very controlling home environment just made me feel like i was in trouble or worse
This one was a lot of kid's nightmares but goddamn look at this thing what the absolute hell guys
Scared the shit out of me. Straight up had nightmares about this dude.
I was a weird little sicko for twin peaks as a kid for some insane reason but THIS moment was viscerally unsettling for me
