Forgotten fears

I remembered today when reading about Morecambe Bay how terrified I was as a child by the images of bogs,sinking sand and other natural dangers.But at some point this fear must have left me
                             We went on holiday quite a lot to that area of Cumbria whey I was a child.I remember reading accounts of travellers taking a shortcut across the bay[to avoid a long journey around the edge of it.Sometimes an entire coach and horses would be swallowed up.But we were not likely to do that journey.Yet those images often  were in my mind,Also how to save yourself my lying flat on the sand to spread your weight.And how struggling would make the situation worse.A horrible way to die.
                   Is being swallowed up emotionally something children fear?Adults do seem large and powerful.I don’t think about it now on the whole