At the time when this happened, I was listening to a local- call in- radio show. I was living in Seattle at the time.
The host started a topic about What event in your life really freaked you out/ changed you in some way- words to that effect.
And I just KNEW he wanted to hear about my experience with the movie I posted above- as this radio show happened 2 days afterwards.
A slew of people called in saying what changed them (temporarily) was riding on a scary roller coaster, swimming in the ocean after watching Jaws, getting stuck on a ferris wheel...
The host kept saying to these callers "no that's not what I'm asking" -"what REALLY CHANGED you"
Still, he kept getting calls that weren't what he was looking for.
Then my call- I was THE ONE he was looking for. Because after that movie (from my post above) I went to my doctor about all my anxieties and fears from watching that movie. I was scared to be alone. I was scared whenever the phone rang, a knock at the door. I was scared/nervous about everything. I was given medication and this 'fear' I had lasted for weeks/months/years and still to this day I still have a lot of those fears/anxieties- years later.
I was always a bit anxious/fearful of things but NOT to the extent I had become after watching that movie.
Geeze- now as I'm reading what I just wrote, I feel like a freak