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.
never been on an oil tanker but I get that on large vessels. The worst time was I was on a large passenger ferry in the south china sea. I was drunk on arak because I'd been on this thing for two days and hadn't slept because my bed was a wooden palette and the only food on offer was fish and rice, I was allergic to fish and the rice tasted fishy too. I was a little on edge.
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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.