YES

I have FINALLY gotten over my fear of swimming in a pool and can actually do so without making loud and nervous splashes now. Yes, just in a pool, which means the sea is still a giant mass of "DANGER ACHTUNG DON'T COME IN" for me. Now that I have gotten over this phobia, I plan to extinguish another very laughable fear.

Peekisatpenisphobia

Also known as the fear of peeing in a public urinal. This stemmed from an incident which still haunts me every now and then even though it happened well over a decade ago.

I was relieving myself in my primary school's toilet when an Indian boy walked in and starting peeing in the urinal next to mine. I guess I have to mention the fact that he has a badly-shaved head and this very unsettling grin which is probably still on his face now as he's serving time for offering sweets to little boys.

As I mentioned, he went to the urinal next to mine (not good in a public toilet), turned to me (really not good at all), flashed that grin (NOT GOOD ANYWHERE). Ending the tale right here would have made for a decent "Creepy guy in toilet" story but our cheeky friend fucking REACHED OUT AND FLICKED THE FORESKIN ON MY PENIS AND SAID SOMETHING WHICH I FORGOT BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT WHAT THE FUCK WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING ME?

I'm guessing that he was circumcised when he was just a wee (heh) kid and the sight of a protected kuku bird somehow amused him. After that little gesture of friendship, I zipped up VERY quickly before shuffling very quickly back to my classroom. Nope, didn't bother to shake the last few drops out and neither did I care about washing my hands, these are really minor compared to having YOUR DICK TOUCHED BY A FUCKING STRANGER.

Ever since then, I have always urinated in cubicles save for a few really urgent trips. Even then, I would push my body all the way forward, creating a vacuum between my crotch and the wall so NOBODY can see or touch me. So if you see someone trying to melt into the wall in a public toilet, it's probably me and no, don't say Hi to me. Go pee far, far away from where I am. Minimum of two urinals away, far, far away.