So with Halloween coming up there are haunted houses and haunted trails being advertised everywhere.

My dad was super mentally and emotionally abusive when I was growing up forcing me to go into haunted houses and making fun of me to the extreme when I got scared. To this day, I still have issues with them and because of the stuff I went through I’m not able to “just have fun” with haunted houses.

Instead it makes me anxious to even think about. Because of all the abuse and everything that happened I’m 23 and still afraid of the dark. A haunted house is just no place for me to be. I prefer corn mazes and pumpkin carving to being chased with chainsaws.

But my husband really wants to go. He didnt go last year and this year it’s going to be the same because of my irrational (?) fear of haunted houses. He doesn’t really have any friends to ask and he knew when he met me how I felt about these things.

But now I feel like he’s pouting about it. And of course I feel bad because I don’t want to be the reason he missed out on something for another year.

So do I stick to my guns since I’ve already said no or give in and deal with the consequences of my anxiety?