Re: The phobia thread

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[cosmictanya]

Are the descriptions on page 1 not a sign of generalized agoraphobia? Or is it very specific? 

I have mechanophobia, and it annoys me when it's misunderstood as generalized water anxiety. I feel it's a slight on my confident elegant swimming and diving prowess. It's very specifically a fear of submerged or actually submerged man made objects.

I once had a panic attack on a pedalo, and couldn't just jump off because the object itself would've been beside me and made things worse. I was almost hysterical by the time a passing family had dragged my vessel back to the shore.

I try to avoid ferries and other boats, but when I do go on them, I stay up top/in the bar - the survivors of the Estonia had all been in the bar. A valuable lesson I think. I went to the Shetlands for work years ago and had to spend all twelve hours awake in the bar area rather going down to the cabin. 

The phrase 'watertight doors' brings me out in hives. I recall watching the Herald of Free Enterprise on its side in the North Sea on the news. I really think I'd be more at risk of dying from fright rather than drowning. In fact I don't think I would drown - once plunged into the water, adrenaline alone would compel to get as dear away from the stricken mad made object as possible.

Does anyone else share my very specific phobia?

*evidently, mechanophobia is a fear of machines. Mine must be a subset.

*yes, it's a subset. I have submechanophobia. 

https://www.theshipyardblog.com/single-post/2018/03/27/Submechanophobia---Do-You-Have-It

Don't get me started on snakes and hearses. Particularly American hearses. The major reason I could never live in the United States is the fear of having to eventually go in the back of one of those velvet curtained, padded ceiling horror film props.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Are the descriptions on page 1 not a sign of generalized agoraphobia? Or is it very specific? 

It seems that scientists aren't sure if a fear of falling into the sky is an offshoot of agoraphobia or of vertigo or of both or neither. Nor if it's a physical or a mental problem.

I have mechanophobia. It's very specifically a fear of submerged or actually submerged man made objects. Does anyone else share my very specific phobia?

I won't go in the sea because I'm scared of submerged lifeforms, so I can understand a fear of submerged objects.

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