Irrational Phobia question

Hilariously, I actually have a fear of balloons. I'm not calling it a phobia as I've seen phobias and my reaction is no-where near as bad. Basically if you're blowing up a balloon I cannot be in the same room as you. If they're already inflated, I'm ok as long as I'm not near them. If people start playing with them though, I have to leave the room. Based on this I suspect it's probably just a dislike of them bursting, though when they do it provokes little reaction from me.

it's kinda funny considering my main kick out of this is blowing up a really big balloon under layers of clothing, close to my body, though maybe it's because I'm in control of it that it doesn't provoke the same reaction :)

I remember being a kid & thinking that when you had gas you would actually inflate like in the old Gas X commercials. I do remember having an aversion to inflation in media, but it was less the inflation & more the possibility of popping being involved. I think that's because I had seen several popping scenes in media & figured it would be too common as it was depicted as funny. To this day I always ask if a piece of media includes popping because last time I jumped into something without being warned that it included gory popping I wanted to throw up! I have gotten to the point where cartoony popping wherein the character survives, like what Mabo does, is fine, but I will never enjoy gory popping! Then again, gory violence has never been something I could get into. I liked the Deadpool movie, but I didn't like Deadpool 2 because of the scene where almost everyone on his team dies gruesomely. Interestingly I can play games like Fallout where bodies explode from rockets & feel fine, but honestly I think that boils down to the violence feeling less senseless & more purposeful.