Is it normal that i have a fear of open underwater spaces?

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I have this huge fear that seems to be two combined. I'm not particularly afraid of deep water. I'm also not afraid of wide open spaces above water. But when you put the two together, and put me in the middle of it, I'll freak out. Seaweed, for example. It just freaks me out that the same plant touching me is rooted 60 feet below me under the water. Or the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." (although I've never been in it)It totally freaks me out that there's trash that big that goes on for that long and goes that deep.
Even when I'm at a lake and I know that water is three feet deep, I won't go in where there are plants poking up at the top. I'm freaking out just thinking about it, my heart is literally pounding harder and my chest feels squeezed. I don't know. Maybe because I'm not used to something that vast, it just blows my mind.

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  • itmeansalot
    13 years ago

    Deep water and seaweed freak me out too.
    My suggestion is to find a comfortable place with a considerable amount of seaweed and a depth of no more than 8 feet, then on a very sunny day, go into the water with goggles on.

    It helps with my fear. Everything looks beautiful that way.

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  • sheepmelon
    13 years ago

    I'm terrified of open water too! It scares me so much, the first time I was in the sea I ended up crying and shaking! I'm on the exact same page as you with this, it's completely normal. I went on a watersports trip and fell out of a boat quite a few times and I got better at dealing with the concept of it, I highly recommend it. x

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  • chezycheze
    13 years ago

    Haha. You're interesting.

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  • hardcandy
    13 years ago

    I'm with you on that one!!! I hate the idea. Makes it feel like there's too much space between my back teeth (hmmm.. Is THAT normal?!). Also, mountains disturb me. I've never been near any (prarie kid), but the idea makes me get the cold sweats!

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  • howaminotmyself
    13 years ago

    Everyone should be afraid of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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  • stardust08
    13 years ago

    im completly the same! i have really bad fears of wide deep water and the large mammels and fishes that live in it.

    i understand your pheobia your not alone x

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    when water skiing i would be in the water with my skis and the skis on my feet would hang down and touch nothing. i know the water was deep but the feeling of the ski on my foot hanging loose in deep water, i cant explain properly but i hated that feeling

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    • micmgm
      13 years ago

      I hate the skis feeling too, but because they're heavy and I feel helpless

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  • [oozingNORMALITY]
    13 years ago

    Me too...

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