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FEARS AND PHOBIAS

Susanne is running through the dark as unseen hands are reaching out to grab her.

Is Susanne running through the city? No, Susanne isn’t running through the city. Susanne is running through the dark. What is reaching out to grab her? Unseen hands are reaching out to grab her.

Hungry zombies are running behind her.

Is Susanne running behind the zombies? No, Susanne isn’t running behind the zombies. The zombies are running behind Susanne. Are the zombies hungry? Yes, the zombies are hungry.

When they eventually catch her, their teeth are sinking into her shoulder.

What is sinking into her shoulder? Their teeth are sinking into her shoulder. Whose shoulder are their teeth sinking into? Their teeth are sinking into Susanne’s shoulder.

Susanne is screaming herself awake from this recurring zombie nightmare.

Who is screaming herself awake? Susanne is screaming herself awake.

Like many people with phobias, Susanne’s fear of zombies is rooted in her childhood. At the age of five, Susanne’s grandfather is dying.

Is Susanne’s grandfather dying? Yes, Susanne’s grandfather is dying. Whose grandfather is dying? Susanne’s grandfather is dying.

Being so young, she is having trouble understanding death.

What is she having trouble understanding? She is having trouble understanding death. Is she having trouble understanding death because she is so young? Yes, she is having trouble understanding death because she is so young.

The funeral is only open to adults, so she isn’t getting closure on his passing.

Is she getting closure on his passing? No, she isn’t getting closure on his passing. What isn’t she getting closure on? She isn’t getting closure on his passing.

Not long after the funeral, her family is taking a vacation.

Is her family taking a vacation? Yes, her family is taking a vacation. Is her family taking a vacation after the funeral or before the funeral? Her family is taking a vacation after the funeral.

Left alone in the hotel room at night, she is watching the iconic zombie film, Night of the Living Dead.

Is she watching an iconic zombie film? Yes, she is watching an iconic zombie film. What iconic zombie film is she watching? She is watching the iconic zombie film, Night of the Living Dead.

In this movie from the 60’s, the dead are coming back to life to eat the living.

What are the dead coming back to eat? The dead are coming back to eat the living.

This is traumatizing Susanne. She is regularly having zombie nightmares.

What is this doing to Susanne? This is traumatizing Susanne. Is she regularly having zombie nightmares? Yes, she is regularly having zombie nightmares.