Phobia Success Stories

Escalaphobia is a fear of escalators. Donna has had a phobia ever since she watched the film ‘An American Werewolf in London’ as a teenager, desperately avoiding escalators at all costs.

Escalaphobia is the fear of escalators, and is surprisingly common. In the case of Lucy, she is unable to go to shopping centers, in an effort to avoid escalators at all costs. Lucy’s escalaphobia is exacerbated by an underlying additional phobia of heights, copied from her mother’s fear when she was a child.