Aquaphobia is actually the fear of all kinds of water bodies or of flooding from rains, and sometimes may even be triggered by the water in a bathtub. Dude, I feel you. Other relatively uncommon causes of fear of the sea are linked to genetic disorders, or diseases involving the thyroid gland as well as hormonal imbalances or adrenal insufficiencies. It is characterized by waves of panic when confronted with the murky unknown depths of the ocean. Small bodies and vast. I can’t even look at the house toilet because it’s dark green instead of white. I tried to jump from the boat but i got scared because the boatman said it’s 30 feet down below, im like that’s too deep! I tried to explain that it’s a lot more than that and they just wouldn’t listen so I gave up. If you’re afraid of man-made objects, machinery, old shipwrecks under the water you could be suffering from submechanophobia. I’m scared I’ll let this get in the way of my fun. They instructed us to hold on to the boat, put our faces down in the water while it was running. No one that i’ve told about this really believes me and thinks it’s a weird thing especially because i love the beach and don’t mind lakes or pools. I’m not scared of being on a ship though or a secure boat. I had a panic attack walking in an aquarium when i was 5. The word Thalassophobia comes from Greek thalassa meaning ‘sea or ocean’ and phobos meaning fear or dread. Feeling terrified so much so that constant movie stills of death and dying play through the phobic’s mind. Seeing rotting logs, moss, seaweed, etc puts my anxiety into overload. When I see a picture of the ocean, just the plain ocean my anxiety triggers. I hate it I have this kind of phobia, actually I really wanted to try diving but I can’t because of this phobia. It’s a real phobia and it’s not a “stupid one”. And I can’t tell them how much sea terrifies me because they could never understand so I just don’t talk about it ever. It was the worst pain i have experienced and has scared me every since. If you don’t have a fear of deep water, but you’re curious about your specific fear, check out what your phobia reveals about your personality. Just thinking & talking about it makes me feel like I’m going to faint, but seeing it on screen, underwater, in pics and videos, makes my heart skip a beat. I was wondering why i am scared of the ocean but im only scared of the thought of the bottom not going on a boat. Bathophobia means the fear of depths. Whenever i see a creepy picture of the ocean or a sea creatures in the ocean my heart stops and i have to look away. Thalassophobia is often related to fear of salty water, fear of large waves, fear of distance from the land as well as fear of the vast emptiness. I still today have some fear of the water. So murky lakes/ponds/rivers/etc, I don’t want to be in. Get me out of there lol. I was afraid of the water. Cool thx for the phobia I described and used it for a project for a school project, I don’t know what causes me so I can have this kind of phobia, but what I know when I look at a picture or video of ocean that really dark I couldn’t see it’s just terrify me like I was in that picture. The jet ski flipped and both of us fell in, my husband got back on and tried to help me up. 2. There can be anything in water, under the water, floating, on the bottom, alive, dead, whatever — as long as I’m not in the water with it. Some Thalassophobes might not be afraid of the sea per se; they are simply afraid of encountering sea creatures. I’ve been reading through the comments just to see if anyone had the same feelings that I did. I actually went on a cruise when I was younger and I was fine. Like, imagine the levels of anxiety. Easy to do, nice for the kids and you get to see loads of cool fish underwater. So i think that’s where my fear of dark water, seaweed and fish touching me (im fine if its at the shore and i can see them but in open water its NO) came from. Feeling detached with reality, feeling numb or being unable to express oneself clearly. oh MAN i cant even think about the ocean or close my eyes with the thought of it or i will start breaking down. But when it comes to pictures of open sea it does nothing for me, I actually find it relaxing, but yestereday I watched a movie and this girl jumped into the sea which was full of big waves and I just couldn’t watch it, I had to look away and I felt like my legs were cut off I can’t explain it. I can’t stand to look at pictures of deep water, or videos of people scuba diving. 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And glass bottomed boats don’t tend to go too far into the ocean as there are usually more fish to see in lesser depths. It makes me tremble just thinking or looking at a picture of the bottom of the ocean, its to do with getting trapped or encountering sea creatures. Tried to see bottom and all I could see was the tips of seaweed and even that was a good 15 feet below me. There were 3 of us who were still holding on for our dear life in the boat, when suddenly a smaller boat behind us offered to go to the snorkeling area. But my worst experience is when I went out to the lake on a friend’s boat. You want to limit any other discomforts you might feel, like freezing water or lots of spectators, so find a body of water that is comfortable in every other way besides your fear of the deeps. "Be careful what yoo water your dreams with at them with worry and fear and you will produce ed at choke the life from your dream. I am greatly afraid of the darkness and vastness of the ocean. Same when I see videos that show how vast and deep the ocean is, I freak out so badly, blue holes, cliff drops, you name it, I freak. It was fun at the start until i saw a tortoise swimming below us. Just the thought of swimming into an open ocean really scared me, so i went snorkeling twice. When I finally got out, I started to cry a little and upon my reaction they only said, “stop being such a wuss, look at those little kids playing in the sea, look at your sister, who is way younger having fun”. I can and have handled being on a boat, but only because the driver of the boat knew my fears and didn’t act like a nutcase. I’ve had some of the worst dreams about tanks and oceans… I never got hurt in any of the dreams but the anxiety from each situation was enough to send me into a panic attack in my dream. I understand! A part of me was very uneasy but gave it a shot. I just don’t know what’s in it, it makes me feel so small and want to curl up and cry. Nervousness, shaking, slight numbness, and movie reels of death and drowning are played in my mind. Luckily the neighbors came out with their boat and helped me back to the dock. When I am confronted by this, I have heavy breathing, I feel like I have a panic attack, I have to look away or close my eyes but most likely run away because when I close my eyes, I’ll imagine water. All these sightings and reports can instill the fear of the ocean. It’s also like I get anxiety about something in the water watching me, but I can’t see it. I didn’t realize I had this fear until a couple years ago when I got so anxious and uncomfortable while underwater in a video game, that I almost had a panic attack and had to pause it for half an hour. Sometimes, terms like Aquaphobia and Hydrophobia are often used to describe Thalassophobia. I don’t like to look at any large sea creatures, big boats, ships, cruise liners, pictures of the titanic, any sunken ship, whales, free willy, Sea world, the Shark from Nemo… pretty much any of that. I have a swimming pool with the deepest part 5 ½ feet, but I do not like to swim under the water and certainly will not open my eyes under water. If I see a picture of a sea animal I get really hot and scared. Please Register or Login to post new comment. Hydrophobia on the other hand, develops in the advanced stage of Rabies and might make a person so afraid of water that he refuses to drink any liquid. Also english is not my native language, sorry for any mistakes. After that, anything that I see underwater that is in an ocean etc or even thinking of it gives me a panic attack. I’m tiny compared to the vastness of the ocean, I’m nothing compared to it. In fact I can be in a pool all day! However, I’m scared of sharks and squids and my ABSOLUTE worst fear is going too far out and not being able to feel the sand. A series of hypnosis sessions help “debug the response to the fear” eventually minimizing the anxiety caused each time one sees the ocean. I can’t watch or see any image or video of open water or under water. I was so startled as it was so big and because of that, i didn’t put my head down for a while. My friend invited me to her lake house and my Husband and I went on the water. I couldn’t go knee deep even if my life depended on it. Snorkelling has become part and parcel of your average beach holiday. Its a fear of opening a lid on some sort of buried tank such as a septic tank, or for me opening the lid on the water … Even if I wear goggles or know what’s under me, the feeling of weightlessness terrifies me to no end, I feel absolutely paranoid. I haven’t been attacked blessed to go in past my thighs ever since. The thought of going in water past my thighs is too much for me to handle. Understanding this can help one rationalize their fear. I feel that too but I always try to force myself and to go a little bit further but I know its very scary and I couldn’t go deeper. Thalassophobia is the fear of the sea or deep water. I feel panicked. The fear is of a physical attack from an unknown object or animal. The waves get to me so easily. I try my best to overcome it. The hardest movies for me to watch are ones where people are lost at sea, particularly in a stormy sea with big waves, like Castaway or especially Life of Pi where you could see a giant ship sinking thousands of feet down. I fear deep clear water that I can see the bottom of because I can see what is below me. I had nightmares for a week! But if i’m swimming and cant see the bottom i have to immediately get out. I don’t know if I have this phobia. It makes me feel how small I am, smaller than a drop of water, and I don’t want to dissolve into the ocean (or universe) because the energies that give me my own particular individualized consciousness may never come back together again… and I just love the world and people so much I can’t bear the thought of ceasing to exist…, Wow that was deep… almost as deep as the ocean. i can talk about it and be on the shore of a beach but i cant go into oceans/lakes/ponds cause i get so terrified of not only not being able to see the bottom, but thinking of the vastness.. Does anyone have advice? I discovered they make prescription diving goggles, so gonna order a set and see if they work. Other effective means of overcoming intense fear of oceans is through the use of energy psychology or “needle-less Acupuncture”. It is also plants and such. god i start tearing up thinking about that fish in finding nemo its so pathetic. There are two main ways to get rid of any fear: * Confront it head on – that works really well but most people don’t like to try it Often, we read news reports of Great white sharks, electric eels or other dangerous sea predators attacking swimmers in the ocean. Many fears are actually common, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). After discussing with my friends, because it was too pricey and the waves were getting bigger, we decided to give it a try. I can’t go to aquariums, especially if all I’m surrounded by is nothing but fish tanks. I can’t swim but I will jump in a swimming pool or river, but the ocean scares the hell out of me. Slimy, gross, stringy plants. (My sister and I are fourteen, she has this problem too). Similarly, real cases of ships including the Titanic drowning in the vast ocean have been made terrifyingly realistic by their movie versions. It builds up so fast, I feel myself loosing control and my hands get sweaty, my breathing gets heavy and I have to look away because I can’t look at it. I have fear of deep, dark water that I cant see the bottom of because i dont know what is below me. I plan to continue being on the swim team for a couple more years. The fear still hasn’t subsided until now. They said it was a stupid phobia because “oh who’s scared of the ocean? The fear is mostly that there is something down there that … Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. It’s too much, I can’t handle it. I think other factors are also the underwater shows on National Geographic and this trailer of Lady in the Water that I used to always see as a kid—that trailer would always come up before a kids movie I’d watch because that’s how it went with our CDs. Then i decided to look back down because i still had to pay for it, then i saw a lot of swordfish, a lot of BIG sea urchins, another tortoise swimming too close beside us, a lot of fish i don’t know and the vastness, darker part of the ocean floor. creatures also terrify me; angler fish, sharks, even dolphins. I’m also afraid of fish and the dark. Oceans are vast and relatively unexplored and people already suffering from anxiety disorders fear it due to its “mysteries”. My sister had to carry me on her back. I thought I was going to collapse. i have a similar fear of things in the water, it makes me shudder to think of swimming in the ocean or lake and to touch or be touched by a a log or anything that is floating just under the water, even seeing things just below the surface that I can't quite make out, send fear running thru me, i want to get away and out of the water, and all this with loving to kayak This fear makes doing all sorts of things that other people regard as normal awkward or near enough impossible. One must also understand that the oceans are generally safe and the instances of death related to them are far less compared to deaths caused by road accidents or natural factors. I feel I can’t breath when this happens. Your email address will not be published. I love swimming, and i love the ocean (never swam in the ocean tho, parents). Also the creatures lurking there, some are downright out of a Lovecraftian novel. I’m OK with lakes and rivers, but the sheer vastness of the ocean terrifies me. Laying on the sand and watching the water, sometimes I find it relaxing. Any picture of the deep scares me and any kind of dark water gives me anxiety. The thought of drop offs just twists my brain. I just had a dream this week about being in a dark tank with some whales… that sucked. So it’s not unusual to have a fear of water. I’m pretty sure I don’t have an actual phobia of the ocean when I compare my symptoms to others, but it’s very borderline. I love being on boats, yet I’m still scared of the ocean. I was in a tube that was being dragged by a boat and the tube hit a giant wave that sent me flying. I haven’t swam in years, not in pools, not in lakes and certainly not in oceans, even though I can handle going up to the waist. But thinking back, I definitely had this as a kid, which is strange, because I’ve always loved swimming and secretly wanted to be a merman, haha. I act strong and jump in and then I freak out and I scream and kick. I just like to be able to see what’s under the water. Aquaphobia (from Latin aqua 'water', and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is an irrational fear of water.. Aquaphobia is considered a Specific Phobia of natural environment type in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.A specific phobia is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. Now, the sheer thought of being near large lakes, oceans or even swimming pools is terrifying. Sadly, I can’t swim in them without having a panic attack. Just as some of you have described, it is not a general fear of water. It strikes in the most irrational of places, like at the pool when I have to close my eyes while going under (if I have goggles it’s fine) I am sort of like “what if I just teleported to the middle of the ocean? People who are very afraid of violent death or particularly of drowning are likelier to develop Thalassophobia aggravated by these movies and books. I live in a wonderful, and slightly privileged, home and acting scared is a no-go. It isn’t! What can you do to overcome your fear? It’s a bit weird since when I was little, I loved being in the water and I could swim without problems. I get this, too! This helps the phobic literally “reprogram his mind” to create a different response than he normally does upon confronting the object of his fears, in this case, the Ocean. It’s also probably best to opt for clear water so that you can see the bottom. I hate the thought of the ocean drop off, I can’t even think about it. I’m not afraid to go to the beach with someone, but I could never go alone. I dont understand whats happening to me. I was so pissed and scared at the same time because they didn’t tell us! Aquaphobia is actually the fear of all kinds of water bodies or of flooding from rains, and sometimes may even be triggered by the water in a bathtub. Thalassophobia (Fear of Deep Water): Do You Have It? Once my family forced me to go in and I was paralyzed and couldn’t move and I started to scream “get me out” and they would just laugh and say its not a big deal. Around 60% of our body is made of water. I told her to get me out and she just said to me “stop being so dramatic”. Just even thinking of whales or being alone in the deep dark ocean scare me to death. I don’t know how or where i got the strength to jump back into the boat, but i did however. I remember playing GTA V once and going into the ocean, and even then I felt extremely uncomfortable in the ocean (it really didn’t help that my character started drowning either lol). I don’t know what to do. If you'd like to know more about overcoming fear of deep water then check out this article. I think it started when my family and I used to go to this hotel with a swimming pool that had a dark blue whale shape on the tiles. And I always think “OMG there are so many things in the ocean so much bigger than me”. Agoraphobia is the name, and it is the fear of open spaces of water or land.The fear is of a physical attack from an unknown object or animal. I’ve had dreams where I’m taking a shower and the bottom of the tub disappears and I’m in the ocean. Someone suffering from this condition can expect to experience a very high amount of anxiety from merely thinking of water, let alone actually seeing it. If you’re near a ferry crossing, take it and instead of staying inside the craft while it makes its journey, stand on the deck (again, with a trusted friend as well as being close to the lifebelts) and see whether you can pluck up the courage to look over the edge. I have this phobia and I just googled it to find the exact term for it. Because if they do, you may have thalassophobia. . OH another BIG cause of anxiety is going to the docs in my town where the freight liner ships doc, at night, seeing them just floating in the water and being so close to them, sends me into serious panic attacks. The fear of water, or aquaphobia, can be as simple as being afraid to put your head in the water, or avoiding water altogether. My mom noticed and talked to me later and I described the terrible feeling of being in the unknown, things like the dark, or a closed shower curtain in the bathroom all scare me. I kept thinking “my foot is dangling, there’s sea creatures down there, something is going to pull me under, this lake is so deep”. I also have Trypophobia and claustrophobia, both of which have to do with the unknown. Likewise, Moby Dick and films like Jaws depict huge whales and sharks that are not only deadly but evolved enough to think intelligently and target humans. My second one, which was 3 days ago went like this. The thought that I’m so far gone I can’t even swim in pools is scary, but how I’m gonna make this fear better, I don’t know for the love of me. But I firmly decline when I have to board a small motorboat or a kayak. Hello there! I’m pretty sure this phobia affects me. I went to Florida last year and I was fine going in the ocean to swim in shallow water. I’ve only been to Lake Michigan and a few other lakes and rivers. Always the lookout for ways to nurture ou ream." When I put my toes in, I freak out. As a kid I never liked boats, the ocean, deep pools, or really big pools though I could see the bottom, dark water, large tanks, aquariums or “sea type rooms” like at the museum of natural history. So here’s the catch. I’m now 25. I wanted to cry it scared me so bad. If I go in it I faint but a pool I’m fine. I am terrified of under water in lakes, seas, rivers, oceans, ponds, puddles (e.t.c) If I go in a boat which I can just about handle, and it has clear water and I can see the bottom I have a panic attack. I can’t get in the deep end of any pool without someone else there which makes me ALWAYS lose sprints. It’s the waves man. Also known as Psychophobia. I love the sea, ocean, beach, everything to do with the ocean. The fear of water often derives from other fears that pertain to water, such as a fear of drowning, or the fear of not knowing what exactly lies under the water ( especially murky and muddy water). Our experiences have similarities.. And it sucks. It is my job to take people diving however I find myself recently panicking, being short of breath, sweating, thinking I will die, and that the water will engulf me until I suffocate. I’m mainly scared of the fish in the lake, rather than the actually water, but I also am afraid of the fact that I can’t see or touch the bottom. Some people here, they say (the ones I saw) that they weren’t afraid of the creatures or they were afraid of the creatures but they could handle being on a boat or something. I felt sick. “Thalassophobia” comes from the Greek words thalassa (sea) and phobos (fear), and it generally refers to a deep, irrational fear of the ocean’s vastness and what may lurk deep within it. The common fear of deep water is really a fear of not being able to touch the bottom and therefore of sinking. Still I love the ocean, its mysteries and stories and I want do dive and discover stuff so badly – yet I can’t since my brain does not allow it. My fear of the ocean is more based on where we go and what happens after we die. Now my phobia is basically when I see something really big in oceans, like a boat or a large whale. will post back my results. After all, most people are able to acknowledge a fear, then move on. I’ve never had a panic attack or anything but then again I’ve never seen the ocean let alone been in it. I cannot even walk through an aquarium. Let’s just say I won’t be going out on the ocean any time soon. There are other surveys about fear of water or deep water that found lower percentages than the two-thirds (really 64%) you mentioned. Popular books like Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues under the Sea have explored mythical and monstrous sea creatures (namely the Kraken which is a prehistoric cephalopod). —Lao Tzu— It’s a beautiful place, good for surfing and shelling, but it’s on the list of most shark attacked areas in the world. Oh also when I think of what “lurks” in the sea it terrifies me and I can’t think properly and I can barely breathe. I can go into the ocean but looking at the waves causes the greatest discomfort imaginable while also not being enough to make me freak out. I started to get scared when we watched an animated video of the titanic sinking in class. 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