Is it normal to freak out about sharks in the shower?

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When I have cold showers or baths, the colder the water is the more scary it is for me. I keep having like visions that I am walking deeper into the ocean and that sharks are going to eat me, and it's like such a vivid vision I freak out and have to calm myself and make the shower warmer. I am not one for like visions and things and it only happens with cold water, and I am terrified of the ocean so I was wondering if this was normal?

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  • kait_dona_who
    13 years ago

    you could have some sort of phobia, possibly 'Selachophobia' or the fear of sharks but only if you are truly afraid of them.

    ALSO DONT TAKE COLD SHOWERS! that seems to trigger your phobia or these unpleasant visions you have.

    you might also have 'Thalassophobia' or fear of the ocean. for you, it is best to stay away from it .

    talk to someone about it.

    ( i wasnt sure it posted... i wanted to make sure you saw this)

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  • iLuvAnimalzz33
    13 years ago

    if cold water pours on me i start gasping like a fish...

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  • pogos
    13 years ago

    Wanna go swim in the Arctic with me?

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  • squirrelgirl
    13 years ago

    Like kait_dona_who says, avoid cold showers and you should be fine.

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  • DwayneHicks
    13 years ago

    ^^ double win

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  • DannyKanes
    13 years ago

    ^ win

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  • starkitty
    13 years ago

    sharks dont kill peolple- they're nice! fact: you're more likely to drown in your bathtub then bee attacked by a shark...isuppose that doesn't help with the showers though...sorry

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  • mluker
    13 years ago

    Stop taking X before showers.

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    • TheLukius123
      13 years ago

      This comment is mean, inapropriate, or in poor taste.

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    • kait_dona_who
      13 years ago

      that was mean

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      • kait_dona_who
        13 years ago

        you could have some sort of phobia, possibly 'Selachophobia' or the fear of sharks but only if you are truly afraid of them.

        ALSO DONT TAKE COLD SHOWERS! that seems to trigger your phobia or these unpleasant visions you have.

        you might also have 'Thalassophobia' or fear of the ocean. for you, it is best to stay away from it .

        talk to someone about it.

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  • myweirdself16
    12 years ago

    i always think zombies or sharks are going to attack me if i close my eyes in the shower, so i have to keep them open at all times.

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  • Chokolate
    12 years ago

    Sharks are my #1 fear. Avoid showers if you must. Q_Q

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  • emilydoll
    13 years ago

    If it was in a body of water yes normal but you're in a shower! Shower in warm water silly!

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  • Elorria
    13 years ago

    I suggest taking hot showers.

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  • gogoduece
    13 years ago

    Yeah. Happens to me all the time. One time, at band camp, I had a little bit too much fruit punch, and my friend dared me to take a shower on cold! I had a vision of myself I'm a great white's stomach all torn up. I started to cry and because my friend bit me.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Sharks only swim in warm waters, they don't live in open ocean.

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