Water deeper than my height. This most pertains to swimming in an ocean or lake, not a pool.
There is just something extremely unsettling about that to me. It's not that I'm a bad swimmer or anything or don't love the water, but knowing that I can't touch the bottom really freaks me out. More so that there is x amount of water underneath me - the feeling of being helpless. That I'm this speck in the great, blue sea and it doesn't give a shit about my feelings. I don't think it's the creatures in the water or anything, but just that emptiness and vastness that I'm afraid of.
EDIT: There is this painting or illustration that really creeps me out and sums up my fear. I've seen it before where people photoshop Cthulhu at the bottom or something, but I just can't find it!
Oh god that photo is horrifying. I have the same fear as you- I've been afraid of deep water for as long as I can remember. Large pools haven't been as bad for me because you can see the bottom, but I still don't like them.
I can get your fear, but at the same time, as a deep-sea diver, I don't. I swam 80 feet under water just over the edge of a 300ft drop - basically that picture, but 80ft under - and it felt amazing to me!
Water deeper than my height. This most pertains to swimming in an ocean or lake, not a pool.
There is just something extremely unsettling about that to me. It's not that I'm a bad swimmer or anything or don't love the water, but knowing that I can't touch the bottom really freaks me out. More so that there is x amount of water underneath me - the feeling of being helpless. That I'm this speck in the great, blue sea and it doesn't give a shit about my feelings. I don't think it's the creatures in the water or anything, but just that emptiness and vastness that I'm afraid of.
EDIT: There is this painting or illustration that really creeps me out and sums up my fear. I've seen it before where people photoshop Cthulhu at the bottom or something, but I just can't find it!
EDIT: Found it!
Oh god that photo is horrifying. I have the same fear as you- I've been afraid of deep water for as long as I can remember. Large pools haven't been as bad for me because you can see the bottom, but I still don't like them.
I can get your fear, but at the same time, as a deep-sea diver, I don't. I swam 80 feet under water just over the edge of a 300ft drop - basically that picture, but 80ft under - and it felt amazing to me!