Comments on: Why We Are All Afraid Of Deep Water

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:49:12 +0000

I was interested to read this post because I also have a fear of deep natural water. I can swim and I suppose that I am a decent swimmer. I am not afraid of pools though, I know this is only because the water is clear and there is nothing swimming around in it. That being said, I might still get panicky if I was in a man-made pool that was 100 feet deep. For me its a combination of fear of whats swimming around down in the water, especially the ocean, and a fear of being too far out from the shore that I might drown. I like to swim and I really wish that I could get rid of the irrational fear. I think part of my fear comes from my mother, who was a very overprotective mom, who was nervous about me doing anything… including SWIMMING IN DEEP WATER and I was NEVER allowed to swim in lakes or in the ocean in a depth that was over my head. I think had my mother not been this way and I might not have developed such a fear of deep natural water. I am going to try hypnosis to overcome the fear, or at least make it manageable. Its good to have a healthy respect for being in deep water but not feel panicky just because we cant feel the bottom.

By: Marina

Marina — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:46:05 +0000

I'm 10 and I know exactly what you mean I'm in the same exact situation as you are I was at this pool today that was 4m(13ft.) deep and my friends were in it like nothing :/ and it's all because of this show I watched wen I was like 4-5 ("Are you afraid of the dark ")

By: Marina

Marina — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:39:30 +0000

omg my name's Marina too, anyway I'm only 10 and I went to this swimming pool today, and the water was bout 4m (13 ft.) deep, and I was about to dive off the high diving board cuz my friends were encouraging me, but as soon as I got up to the end of the board and looked down(don't know why)(I guess it made me feel better to know that i didn't see anything down there)I was terrified. And for me I know it was from this TV show "Are you Afraid of the Dark" that I watched when I was about 4-5.

By: Davy

Davy — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:32:34 +0000

when the water is really deep just thinking of the sheer amount of water beneath me gives me a vertigo-like feeling.. even worse than vertigo because high places aren't usually swarming with giant monsters that want to eat you.

By: Sonanj

Sonanj — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:41:44 +0000

Omg @ Jessica I totally get what you mean!
I love swimming, I love the idea of deep water but once that idea becomes tangible.. It’s just something about being so drastically far from anything in such a medium (water).. And especially when the water is murky.. Oh goodness X_X

By: Jessica C

Jessica C — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:15:55 +0000

I am scared to DEATH of deep water… I don't mind heights… I'm a good swimmer, I love to swim actually, like boats, sailing, even sitting in a little rowboat would probably be okay (though never a glass bottom boat. I just don't want to know what's going on down there That drop off at the pool even makes me panic. I can NOT look underwater. it's the DEPTH, not the water itself… thos photos of people swimming with whales?– oh. my. God. the whale probably wouldn't even do anything… probably wouldn't even know you were there… but you are trapped. you can't run, you can't hide, even the fastest swimmer has NO chance of surviving if somehting wanted to catch them. Does this phobia have a name? they say aquaphobia… or bathophobia… but it doesn't seem to cover what exactly it is I am scared of.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:22:40 +0000

I am 50 years old and I am terrified of water. I can't swim, even when taking a bath I only put enough water in the tub to soak myself in it that's how terrified I am of water. Growing up us kids were never allow to go close to the water. Growing up our house was surrounded by water and we were told never to go close to the water. When I had my kids that's the first thing I thought them to do was swim. I put them in swimming lesson they were only 3 years old. That was the one thing I hated was that my kids love the water and loved to go swimming at the beach which I always took them but I was alway terrified to death to go because I was that afraid of water I prayed that nothing ever happen to my kids while we were there because I didn't know what I would do. What I want to tell everyone is please if you have any kids please make sure that that is the one thing they know how to do because it's the most terrifing thing to be afarid of the water.

By: matty

matty — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:07:49 +0000

I was doing some searching and i came across something today that i will never forget. I have always had a fear of deep water. I am scared of swimming pools deeper than 7ft. But i want to test my fear and always have. i use to have nightmares of being pulled under water. I bought a boat 3 months ago. It was fun and i was a bit scared but thought i overcome my fear. Then i sold the boat and bought a jet ski. And today we went out and a flushing pipe connector popped of and in 30 seconds the jet ski stalled and then started sinking. We were in very deep water, the marines use submarines there. We were rescued and were unharmed. I have never been so scared. We were floating out, no control. Deeper and deeper underneath us. I think it stems from when i was a kid and i fell in a pool. I went out and had a look at the jet ski earlier and all i could think about was what was underneath it, the deep water while we were floating with no power at sea. I am also scared of heights. Your info has gave me something to think about.

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