TIFUpdate Assuming i was coping with a Mannequin (version before my partner sent it through chatgpt for grammar and spelling, so technically a repost, but my original version, and i much prefer this one over unhumanly polished version. even if its got shitty grammar. )

A few days ago i(27F) was in marks work wearhouse with my boyfriend(27M), and there's a lot of mannequins there. i have an irrational fear of manniquins, when i was a kid i had to shield my eyes from them but now that i'm older im better at not reacting or acting on the lil fear spikes i get from looking at them and just kind of cope with xyz tactics; anyway, so we were near the front looking at roots stuff, and in the corner of my eye i saw a figure about three feet away from me but partially hidden by more shelves, and i mentally clocked it as "mannequin" and just distracted myself with what else was around me, and then (god i feel so bad) when the "mannequin" moved i actually shreak-yelped. it only lasted a split second (im crying writing this, not sure if its out of amusement or embarrassment) but it was loud enough to make the entire store go completely silent. the poor woman(~20s) was looking at me in shock, i knew i had to tell her exactly why the fuck i did that, so i immediately started apologizing and saying "its not you i promise, im so sorry, i saw you only out of the corner of my eye and i assumed you were a mannequin, im so sorry its not your fault i promise you dont look like a mannequin, im so sorry" and she said it's okay, and seemed taken aback and possibly slightly amused (hopefully). i went over to my boyfriend who was looking at me with a mix of shock amazement and amusement. he said it was funny and i'm almost at the point where i can appreciate the comedic value. , god i feel so bad , i really hope the poor girl knows it wasn't her, it was me.

TL;DR: i thought i was being a champ coping with the fear of seeing a mannequin, then the fucker moved