When even the thought of a wide, open sea stretching before, or even more frightening, below you, paralyzes you with fear and loathing, you may have thalassophobia.
“Pish-posh,” you say. “I love the ocean and the feel of cool, salty breezes when I watch the waves roll in.”
And roll in, and roll in, and they just keep rolling, nothing stopping them, because the land is being swept away from under your feet, and, soon, you’ll be up to your neck in water with nothing to hold on to.
Creeped out, yet?
It sure is deep down there.
And, probably cold too.
But, the ocean is just a peaceful lagoon.
With more lagoons just underneath the surface.
There are creatures down there.
Who want to play.
What if you were on the ill-fated Titanic?
The single light in the staircase shows you the way out of one nightmare into another.
Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures
“Come play with us.”
Forever and ever.
There’s so much space for big things.
And we’re so little.
“Hi! Coming swimming anytime soon?”
What are they hanging around for??
Photo from my brother who’s in the middle of the Gulf working on an oil rig from thalassophobia
In case you didn’t know, this is how sharks brush their teeth.
By breaching into your nightmares.
Now you don’t want to fly.
It’s better to stay at home where nothing can hurt you ever.
I’m so sorry for this one.
I’m almost positive it’s a vegetarian.
The Liberty Bell capsule has been buried under the sea for 60 years.
Night after night, it waits for visitors.
Liberty Bell Space Capsule resting on the sea floor [1999] from submechanophobia
This baby doesn’t know about impending thalassophobia.
Ignorance is bliss.
So. Many. Sharks.
Kind of like spiders–there’s one within reach of you right now.
My friend recently went swimming with sharks off the coast of Oahu. As she got into the water, she snapped this photo of the depths below. from thalassophobia
The ocean is so vast.
It can be so lonely floating out there by yourself.
Looks beautiful.
But one slip and he’ll be sucked down never to be seen again.
Our ocean wildlife is so precious.
And hungry.
Photo Credit: Reddit
Now, take a deep breath and look around you.
See? You’re safe and dry.
Did you know there are also thalassophiles? They love the ocean and they’ll probably love it if you shared this with them.
