Submechanophobia - if so, do not enter

those images don't worry me so much, but i do specifically get creeped out by the "morning glory" type of damn overflow:

https://smartwatermagazine.com/blog...glory-hole-spillway-monticello-dam-california

i suppose it's a pretty realistic fear given how utterly utterly screwed you'd be if you ever found yourself sucked into one.

i suppose the submerged plane in the op has something similar going on, but i guess i'm reassured by the knowledge that it doesn't go that far.
 
I don't have a problem with it, in fact, I'm quite the opposite and find it soothing and fascinating. Especially with its ancient artifacts and buildings, like finding the lost city of Atlantis.
 
I get the people who have reservations about this sort of stuff - both the OP and people saying they're apprehensive about deep murky water. I wouldn't say I actually feel fear or anything, but things like that can be a bit eerie.

Subnautica looks cool - I might check it out :)
 
robgmun said:
I don't have a problem with it, in fact, I'm quite the opposite and find it soothing and fascinating. Especially with its ancient artifacts and buildings, like finding the lost city of Atlantis.
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This would be incredible to me too, finding an underwater city or ancient artifacts. A lost city of grates, drains and suctions hole. No thanks :D

Deep sea I dont mind, I know its deep and even though I dont know what is beneath me, its natural. I suppose if I thought about it too much (as I probably will now) it will creep me out more. :rolleyes:

I miss diving though as really enjoyed getting my open water PADI and doing a 'deep' (30 metre) dive. Really fun and exhilarating slowly going down into the darkness and hitting a cold band of water then seeing all sorts of different sea life
 
Guest2 said:
This would be incredible to me too, finding an underwater city or ancient artifacts. A lost city of grates, drains and suctions hole. No thanks :D

Deep sea I dont mind, I know its deep and even though I dont know what is beneath me, its natural. I suppose if I thought about it too much (as I probably will now) it will creep me out more. :rolleyes:

I miss diving though as really enjoyed getting my open water PADI and doing a 'deep' (30 metre) dive. Really fun and exhilarating slowly going down into the darkness and hitting a cold band of water then seeing all sorts of different sea life
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Deep sea scares me. I'm not a strong swimmer but am happy to swim around in a pool and go into the sea upto about shoulder height, but no more than that. I think it's a combination of not being a confident enough swimmer and also being paranoid about getting bitten by a shark
 
XeNoN89 said:
Deep sea scares me. I'm not a strong swimmer but am happy to swim around in a pool and go into the sea upto about shoulder height, but no more than that. I think it's a combination of not being a confident enough swimmer and also being paranoid about getting bitten by a shark
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I'm quite a confident swimmer, most ive swam at once is 4km indoor.
The sea is a different matter, I have swam with Reef sharks but a Manta ray was scarier. I've snorkelled and attempted 'free diving' in Australia.
Last year we went to Gozo and Comino island you can swim from one island to another small one next to it. No-one was because it was quite windy but me and my girlfiend attempted it, she started pannicking almost straight away due to the rip tide / undercurrent pulling us sideways out to sea. That was quite scary as I would have needed to full power swim in a diagonal line if I wanted to cross. Instead we stopped and went back as my GF was almost in tears. He mask was also full of water which didnt help matters
 
Mobius 1 said:
I get a panicky sort of feeling when I can’t see anything below my feet. (Jumped off a boat in the ocean a few years ago, submerged my head to look what was below me, couldn’t see anything, and freaked out) couldn’t get back on the boat fast enough. Same thing with the game Subnautica.
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I've done this before, but when looking down saw several baraccuda aiming right for me. I think even the nearby whales heard me screaming.
 
Arsonist said:
I've done this before, but when looking down saw several baraccuda aiming right for me. I think even the nearby whales heard me screaming.
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I don’t know what’s worse… seeing nothing, or large predatory fish swimming beneath you. :D I don’t think they attack humans do they ??
 
Mobius 1 said:
I don’t know what’s worse… seeing nothing, or large predatory fish swimming beneath you. :D I don’t think they attack humans do they ??
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Ohh yes! They've been known to take fingers, toes and large chunks of flesh. Rare, but I wasn't prepared to take that risk!
 
Mobius 1 said:
Damn..! I never knew that! well thankfully they dont live in the English Channel :p
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/...global (sea) warming. In Australia we are starting to get saltwater crocs moving further down the coast toward the more populated areas.
 
I saw this today which got me thinking. Out in the street its just a plain old grate, not dangerous can walk on it fine.
Put this under deepish water (anything over about 9ft) with darkness below it and I would no way want to walk over it, even swim close to it.

My guess is it is 'Delta P' I fear - Getting sucked against a drainage system and drowning. Either that or the slight fear of not knowing whats behind it, if anything that may be harmful - mechanical or otherwise

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I've not got a phobia of the grills under water. But since hearing the news stories of kids being sucked in to some of them at the swimming baths, I've always been slightly wary.
 
Guest2 said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submechanophobia
Fear of submerged man-made objects, either partially or entirely underwater

I'm not scared of much, have a hardy stomach so can eat most foods, drink most drinks and (touch wood) am hardly ever ill. What I do have a slight 'fear' of though is some underwater manmade objects.

I have recently found this is reasonably well known and called Submechanophobia.

My personal fear probably comes from watching the film 'IT' when I was 7 and the kid getting sucked into the drain in a swimming pool. So, as much as I love swimming and have done since I was 3 or 4, I really hate swimming over/near the drains in deep pools. The one thing could not do as a child was to swim even close to the bars that covered wave pools like at Center Parcs. It's making me feel uneasy even thinking about them but i'll of course post pictures anyway.

Diving in deep sea I had no problem with, fish around me, no problem, even the boats with underwater propellors were not a problem. My girlfriend said she really doesnt like swimming in reeds that are underwater for fear of not knowing what is in them or if she may get stuck in them. I dont really even have a problem with that. Mine is specifically bars or holes where you cannot see inside.

To the good stuff! Posting these has started to make me feel a bit sick, so will stop looking

100% nope to the first three
Don't really have a problem with
Makes me feel uneasy
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Not with the things you list but phobias due to trauma in childhood is not uncommon I had a phobia of dogs for most of my childhood due to early bad experiences they still make me uncomfortable it lessens as you become adult but never totally goes away. I had a similar one to do with bones and human remains in particular they still make me uneasy too.
 
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