![]() ![]() ![]() This means that the fearful thought of “the ship is coming after me, it is coming to get me” could be triggered by the fact that a ship is a relatively large object moving through the water without noticing anyone in its way. ![]() Or perhaps it is the fact that we often tend to attribute animate characteristics to moving objects, such as ships and airplanes, as if they were truly alive and had their own will and character. Also, the movement of the waves often visually distorts objects, such as rope from a buoy, and makes it seem like they are alive and could harm us. After all, it is only natural to wonder “What just touched my leg?” when you are swimming in waters with low visibility. So, what is it exactly that causes this particular fear? Perhaps it is the fear of the unknown and the fact that you can’t really tell what is hiding under the water line. It is curious to note that many of those dealing with submechonophobia are not afraid of the water itself, of swimming in the sea in general, nor do they fear marine life or being on the actual ship or boat. As in the case of many phobias, most people do not relate their phobia directly to any traumatic experience or memory from the past, and claim that it just came out of nowhere after years of sailing, jumping off boats and diving. Interestingly, for many, the ultimate submechanic horror object is the submarine. While the terrifying scenarios are endless, most people affected are particularly scared of the parts of the ship that lie below the waterline and also of the front part of the ship (the bow). Some submechanophobia scenarios show impressive detail of the imagination – seeing a ship’s bow from the front as it emerges from a thick fog and hearing the ship’s horn, seeing the ship’s propellers underwater or partially out of water, imagining that the ship is out to get them, diving down to the propeller of a calm and quiet docked ship when, out of nowhere, the propeller starts to spin, a submarine emerging out of the water or diving under a person while they are out for a swim, distorted images of objects in gloomy and murky waters, swimming in the water and suddenly seeing that a giant ship is coming straight on. These include swimming next to a big ship or even next to a boat, diving under a ship, seeing photos of the underside of a ship, seeing certain parts of the ship, getting sucked under by the ship’s propellers, old rusty shipwrecks partially sticking out of the water, etc. People suffering from submechanophobia report a remarkable variety of scenarios that cause them to break out in sweat, even when just thinking about them. Credits: Chris Dascher and Damea Dorsey, Indies Trader ![]() Submechanophobia however, is an irrational aversion and is often triggered by even the smallest, most harmless object in the water. While a number of fears associated with the sea and ships exist, such as the fear of drowning or the fear of dangerous animals lurking underneath the surface, most of these fears are rational and can be traced to understandable reasons. In other words, this is the fear of fully or partially submerged man-made objects in water, such as buoys, shipwrecks, the underwater part of a ship’s hull or even just a piece of old metal sitting at the bottom of the sea. Are you scared of murky water with strange silhouettes of objects in it? Credits: Alex Dawson Do underwater photos of propellers make you uneasy? Credits: FLUCTUS Channel on YouTube Are you creeped out by barnacles and algae stuck to metal? Credits: Thai Subsea Services Would you swim next to this giant ship? Credits: Ben Brown Or near this rusty ship-wreck? Source: Sometimes-Interesting If any of the photos above gave you the creeps, you are very likely suffering from some form of submechanophobia. ![]()
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