Word of the Day... Thalassophobia

[Aunt Marg]

Thalassophobia: the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water such as the sea, oceans, pools, or lakes.

Thalassophobia: can also include fear of being in deep bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, of sea waves, sea creatures, and fear of distance from land.

 

[Pappy]

That’s what I used to tell my mom when she told be to take a bath…Mom, I have Thalassophobia.

 

[horseless carriage]

Think I preferred flatulence.

 

[Aunt Marg]

The older I have got, the less interested I am to swim in the ocean, a lake, etc, and I directly attribute that to thalassophobia.

Even as a kid the thought used to cross my mind... "what's watching me".

At my age, no thank you to that.

 

[RubyK]

I believe many people suffer from thalassophobia, but it's easier to say, "I have a fear of drowning in the sea."

 

[Kaila]

It's extremely difficult to learn to swim if you have thalassophobia;
But it's also very difficult, to limit or manage, or curtail your thalassophobia at all,
if you don't!