Fear of Ocean items and.. Just read! You'll understand better

Ermkaybo

I have this major fear of shipwrecks and anything that submerges in water.
I can't stand looking at deep sea fish the ones that are in the hidden depths, because they scare me so much.
I love the sea I think it's beautiful, but things that lie beneath it's depths creep me out, so much.
I have no problems with sharks or any other tropical fish, I think they're cool.
But shipwrecks or submarines or any such shadows in the sea scares the living day lights out of me.
My friend sent me a picture of the Titanic once whilst it was rotting in the hidden depths of the sea, I was in tears after.
I realised it got worse when I was doing the dishes and a cup fell into the washing bowel, and it sunk and all the bubbles rose to the top and it just disapeared into the cloudy water, I was so scared I wanted to run away.
I'm also ashamed to say it happens in the bath too, when I drop something and it sinks to the bottom and I can't see or find it, I just get uneasy and I feel sick and have to have a shower instead.
I think it started when I played a game when I was younger, you were a scuba diver and you had to swim through the misty ocean and all these large shadow fish and shipwrecks were around and it scared me so much.
I hope I'm not alone.

LadyJ

You're not. There've been a lot of posts about this sort of thing. It's actually extremely common. It could be a fear of the unknown because you can only see part of something maybe.

Maybe it's to do with death as well. I really don't know but maybe you should do some free association. Like, just write out the words or ideas that come into your head when looking at something submerged in water. It can be a helpful way of uncovering what lies beneath the fear.

Lobster

I know how you feel. I'm a diver, I get very nervous while looking for a wreck, even ones i dive frequently. Its hard to explain and the fear leaves me completely when on the wreck. Getting to the wreck is what scares me, I absolutely hate being first down the line to the them, the view of titanics bow comes to mind always, I try and prepare for that view but if a different part of the wreck comes into view, that will freak me out. Another fear is when approaching the wreck and it starts getting dark, is landing on it or worse still inside it before I even see it. I banged into the hull of a wreck before in very poor visibility while looking for it and that experience has stayed with me ever since. I do think its a fear of the unknown plus the fact that wrecks do look very creepy.

watna

LadyJ wrote: »

You're not. There've been a lot of posts about this sort of thing. It's actually extremely common. It could be a fear of the unknown because you can only see part of something maybe.

+1 - it's been mentioned lots of times in this forum before. People who have issues with bouys or the bottom of boats. It's more common than you think. I would agree with LadyJ that it is a fear of the unknown as the ocean can be very dark and deep. I think it's perfectly understandable.

Ermkaybo

I feel sick maybe it is the unknown

leddpipe

i get a heightend anxiety around dark water or at piers with deep dark water around it!

not identical i know but somewhat similar!