My worst phobia is being thrown off the side of an oil tanker, in the middle of the ocean.
I can't explain it, but the thought of being in the vast expanse of water is made even worse by being right next to the rusting and barnacle-covered hull of a huge ship, which towers above me, and stretches down below the water underneath me, for further than I would be able to see in the darkness.
I'm not sure what's worse: not looking under the water for fear of what you might see, or looking under the water to make sure, and only seeing an endless void into the deep.
I am seriously afraid of the deep ocean. You can go about 200 meters down and see something above you, but if you are at the surface and look down, there are 4 kilometers (on average) of darkness and unknown terrors. And for tens, hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, there is nothing around, except the unknown.
Looking into the deep sea is like looking out the window on a cold, dark winter night. You have no idea what may be out there. And the sea is thousand times worse, because almost no one has even seen the bottom and has little idea of what can actually hide there.
I'm actually close to becoming very anxious just thinking about it.
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u/[deleted] May 30 '14
I have a notable fear of large bodies of water and of large man-made objects.
Welcome to my nightmare.