stackyFACTSStaring up at a skyscraper or a massive cruise ship should be awe-inspiring, but for those with megalophobia, it is utterly paralyzing. The sheer unnatural scale of the object visually overwhelms the perceptual system, triggering an intense, dizzying panic that you are about to be crushed by sheer geometry.
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