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I dunno but whenever I see deep water in like a canal I get really scared. Also the thought of heavy water scares me, it sounds like a kind of water that will eat you or something. Also I am scared by deep water in Nuclear Plants, for example:

http://www.nuc.umr.edu/reactor/reactor.jpg

Isn't that scary?

I dunno I just hate deep water.

Are you of "Jaws" age? ;)

Many people who saw that film have those thoughts.

I am not afraid of deep water. I've swam in rivers, canals, lakes, and open ocean.

What would happen if i fell into the nuclear reactor thing in the picture?

What would happen if i fell into the nuclear reactor thing in the picture?

You'd melt in a seemingly never ending inferno of terrible agonizing pain until you were nothing but a raw, dripping mass of pain nerves linked to a processing center that can only feel the torment but do nothing to stop it.
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Or you could get wet.

Deep water is lethal. Let's see, there's the bends you can get just from coming up too quickly, there's crushing pressure below a certain depth, you can drown, there's the possibility of sharks, the probability of pollution... I wouldn't say it scares me, but I tend to avoid water except when showering or drinking.

As long as I remain on the surface of the water I could care less how deep it is. I only go deeper than twice my body height unless I'm in a pool though.

Yes, it does scare me, in a philosophical sort of way. Think about what's down there. Where I live, the lakes and oceans are often lethal, because of their temperature. There's more than one body at the bottom of a good many waterways where I live.

What bothers me is when I don't know how deep a waterway/lake/ocean is when I'm boating on or swimming in it. How far down could it go? I'm kind of obsessed with this idea, which is why I like the fact that our boat has a depth-finder.

Lastly, I'd have to say I fear currents/waves in the ocean more than depth by itself. I've swam in good-sized waves in Hawai'i, and gone boogie boarding there, and I can tell you that when a wave grabs you, you're powerless to escape it. They're pure energy, and there's not a thing you can do to stop them from pulling you along when they have you. Be careful out there!

ive never really understood the fear of deep water. once its over your head, why does it matter HOW deep it is?

people always drown because "they swam out too far" why should distance from the shore have anything to do with it? all that matters is that if you cant swim well you shouldnt go over your head.

They "swam out too far" because they swam so far from the shore that once they got tired they were too weak to swim back before they drowned. I agree though, anyone who swims out so far they drown really has nobody to blame except themselves.

Yes, it does scare me, in a philosophical sort of way. Think about what's down there. Where I live, the lakes and oceans are often lethal, because of their temperature. There's more than one body at the bottom of a good many waterways where I live.

What bothers me is when I don't know how deep a waterway/lake/ocean is when I'm boating on or swimming in it. How far down could it go? I'm kind of obsessed with this idea, which is why I like the fact that our boat has a depth-finder.

Lastly, I'd have to say I fear currents/waves in the ocean more than depth by itself. I've swam in good-sized waves in Hawai'i, and gone boogie boarding there, and I can tell you that when a wave grabs you, you're powerless to escape it. They're pure energy, and there's not a thing you can do to stop them from pulling you along when they have you. Be careful out there!

i grew up in maine where there are huge boulders under the water in the lakes, some just a few inches from the surface. so when im in a boat im obsessed with the worry that we'll hit something.

ive never really understood the fear of deep water. once its over your head, why does it matter HOW deep it is?

people always drown because "they swam out too far" why should distance from the shore have anything to do with it? all that matters is that if you cant swim well you shouldnt go over your head.


I think it's a perceptual thing. I don't really like deep water nor great heights. I don't 'fear' them necessarily but in the case of heights I fear I may lose my lunch or pass out and fall to my death from the vertigo.

I love deep water.

But hey, I like diving.

I've a phobia of water because I can't really see around myself.

And I saw Jaws when I was tiny.

;_;