Strange Fear Of Boxes?

[Panic57]

I'm find with small boxes and have moved countless of times. I just have an odd fear of being buried alive in a box. I'm going to blame soaps and Buffy the Vampire the Slayer for this particular fear. But somehow they always ended up in a coffin or moving box buried alive where they have to dig their way out. The soap one had them playing against the rain filling the box. Buffy was resurrected in her coffin. So whenever I see a box large enough for me to fit in, I get a chill over my skin. I'm even considering cremation because I don't even want my corpse buried in a box. Which is logically a weird thing to be concerned about because I'll be dead, I know, I'm aware of the oddness of the idea. But I hate the idea of being buried and rotting in a box. It's a strange thing, and it's only specific boxes. The only plus is that getting cremated is way cheaper than getting buried the traditional way. What about you? Strange fear of boxes or things you picked up from watching tv?

 

[jy76]

Being buried alive is a scary thought indeed. In fact, this thread brought to mind the scene on the movie Casino where Joe Pesci is buried alive as punishment. Actually, I don't know what would be worse, being burned alive or buried alive. I suppose with being buried alive at some point you would suffocate, so it would be like drowning.

 

[tyche]

@jy76, I think being burned alive is worse, because you get to feel the scorching heat and the pain of your flesh burning!

As for the topic, I never had any similar experience, but are you slightly claustrophobic? If yes then that can explain why you get affected by just watching those tv shows. There is a similar scene that I watched in Kill Bill where Uma Thurman was buried alive inside a coffin, but that scene never had an effect on me.

 

[Alex]

Well, Buffy has been responsible for many things and this is just another thing. Remember it is a fantasy show, but yes, some people don't like the idea of a coffin as it's scary. Maybe in time it will pass, but bodies do decay, and it's up to people to decide how they wish to be buried when they die. It's a morbid thought and I haven't considered it as to be honest what effect will it have?

I think television does influence us, and the shower scene in 'Pyscho' affects us all. I mean I hate shower curtains in any case, and always pull them back and never use them if I can help it.

 

[Natasha0717]

To me, being buried alive or getting stuck in a cave, or stuck anywhere, really....doesn't really seem all that bad. But I'm also a total weirdo. I enjoy hanging out in dark, secluded, quiet places. Being buried alive....well, I would just close me eyes and know that eventually I would most likely run out of air, and would fall asleep <permanently> in a quiet place where nobody would be able to bug me or cry over me. I don't like the drama of death. That's why I always pray to God to let me die in my sleep or in a car accident, so I won't even have a clue that I'm about to die.

 

[Jasmin Cottontail]

Being afraid of boxes isn't new to me. I've known people who are afraid of boxes not because of the thought of being trapped inside of it or being buried alive, but because of the thought of monsters inside them. In our place, instead of boxes, some people, especially kids are afraid of big jars. Probably because of a classic horror film entitled Monster in a Jar. Well it is indeed scary when I first watched it during the 90's but now I just find it silly and corny. But there are still people who are afraid of big jars because of the thought that they might be a monster in there.