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I have a fear of rocks (and sometimes other things like logs or pipes, but it's mostly rocks) that are underwater. Not small rocks, but big, boulder-like rocks. Why is this? I can't go swimming in a lake or ocean where I know there are rocks, or where I can;t see the bottom, because I'll be afraid my foot will touch a rock. Is anyone else afraid of rocks that are underwater?

Even when I go kayaking, I hate looking over the edge of the kayak and seeing boulders that are underwater. It freaks me out to the point of having a panic attack. Is it normal?
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YES! For me it's mostly logs, because that's what we've got around here. But big looming rocks creep me out too.
Those stagnant murky lakes full of submerged logs... omg.
I can be ON a log that's sticking out of the water and I'll be just fine, but I won't even want to touch the water with my finger because then it will be IN THE WATER WITH THE LOG.
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I've got a similar fear. I'm afraid of pretty much anything I can't see underwater. From small objects like rocks and seaweed to large objects like boats/shipwrecks and cars (yes, cars.. Have an old lake nearby with a car that sunk to the bottom decades ago. Creepy.). Have yet to find a proper term for it. But it keeps me away from lakes that aren't crystal clear and keeps me very close to the beach while at the ocean.
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I was raised on a lake in Massachusetts. Had a motor boat at age 10. I was always scared about looking through the water at the "bottom". Stumps, rocks, just the bottom, you name it. NO ONE ever knew I had this fear, I thought it was that weird. Now at 59, I haven't completely beat this, but dealt with it by visiting the Caribbean, snorkeling, where you can (must) see everything in the crystal clear water. Natural stuff is easier. I still have trouble with man made stuff like pipes and shipwrecks. I snorkeled around Little Cayman Island by myself (22 miles!) and that helped, although this weird fear was still in the back of my mind. Seeing a nurse shark after swimming for 2 hours diverted my attention (LOL), however.
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OMG i thought i was the only one

when i was a child around 10 we were in the river by my parents weekend house in the rubber boat we went in most if not all the weekend. This weekend


we were in the boat as usual when water got low i got out and pushed boat and cut my foot along the big toe

was rushed to hospital where i had at least 6 stiches in my toe.


thei now yeas and years and years and years later , left me with a phobia of


a, not swimming if i cant see the bottom
b, weary of rocks in water and have to wear jelly shoes or fins if i stand on a rock in the sea..

scuba diving left me in a panic ripped snorkel off etc.

then i grabed her anchor rope of the boat then fear subsided and i edged my way down the 80 feet of clear barbados sea, still keeping away from the rocks would love to know the phobia name for this .


I will jump of a ship into water off ropes etc cos sub consciously i know if its deep enough for boat my feet are fine
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OH MY GOD! I thought i was alone on this. I am completely TERRIFIED of huge rocks underwater and I have no idea why! Everyone makes fun of me for it...but I can't help it! I went parasailing a few weeks ago and they dropped me down to dip me in the water and there was this HUGE rock beneath me and I flipped out so bad. I was yelling and everything hahaha. I'm getting chills right now! What do you think could have instilled this fear in us?!
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i have a similar fear of things in the water, it makes me shudder to think of swimming in the ocean or lake and to touch or be touched by a a log or anything that is floating just under the water, even seeing things just below the surface that I can't quite make out, send fear running thru me, i want to get away and out of the water, and all this with loving to kayak
one day i was kayaking in a slow moving river, and bottom was coming up, i could just make out the thick grass, when i passed a rock or log or something in the water, it took almost everything i had to not paddle away as fast as i could, i had a huge adrenaline rush and it took a long time to calm down and have that rush go away
if i was out in the ocean and the boat sank, i would be parlyzed by fear to approach a buoy that would save me from drowning for fear of the anchor chain that goes all the way to the bottom, the moss and things hanging off of the chain i could not see well, if at all, would scare me too much for me to swim over and hang on
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@: Bog_Bob
I'm afraid of my feet touching anything under the water. I will not swim in a lake! when I'm snorkeling in the ocean and come over underwater plants I get really nervous and lift my feet as high as I can to avoid accidentally touching them. I cannot let my feet dangle EVER. I've never been water skiing because I would be to afraid to fall.
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@: Bog_Bob
I'm also really afraid of buoys. Especially the giant ones. Just looking at them scare me
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amg3517
omg same ill be kayaking and ill c seaweed and rocks on the bottom and it freaks me out and i look away and paddle away till i cant c them anymore idk why but it just scares me
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i think you died by a rock in your other life
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EccentricWeird
Yes, it comes from the inherently Japanese fear of Rockzilla, the horrible giant rock monster from outer space that lies dormant beneath every lake, sea, creek, puddle and ocean.
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:D LMAO
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I sort of know where you are coming from.
I don't like the thought of things lying on the sea bed, especially things that shouldn't be there, like shipwrecks.
It's not nice when your foot touches something in the sea, maybe it's because we think it might be an animal or something!
Or could it be that you're afraid of cutting your foot on the rock?
Maybe you had a bad experience in the sea when you were younger?
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No, no experiences from when I was younger.

Not afraid of cutting myself on the rock.

Not afraid of weird sea monsters.

It's the rocks. I don't get it. It's completely irrational. I know I don't have anything to fear from the rocks, but the fear is still there.
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Ms_October
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To adress the poster - if you must swim in a river or sea, try finding one with a sandy bottom, it might make you rest easier.

TMB
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@: Leannem
I have the exact same fear.
I have never had an accident with a boat hitting a rock thats under water. I just got this fear some years ago, and i can't stand seeing rocks underwater. I just freak out when im in a boat and I see a rock. I would love to overcome this fear since I spend a lot of time at the sea side, and sailing, but I have no idea how.
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Yes! But not rocks... and im ok with going swimming in the ocean ect but i dont like not being able to see the floor. Im more scared of things like log flumes or water rides... all the mechanics under the water really freak me out. i have no idea why cos im not about to jump in. i still go on the rides i just dont like seeing all the mechanics working away... weird i know.
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If they were not in water, would they still freak you out?
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It's weird because I don't remember anything happening in my past that would have caused this. I can remember the first time I started being afraid of rocks under water though, so if something happened to cause it, one would think that I would remember it. I just remember being in my dad's canoe one day and being afraid of the rocks in the water all of a sudden. Weird!
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It's not rational, and they're not "modern fears." People have feared strange things for a long time. And the point of a phobia is that it is in fact irrational. One should not be afraid of open spaces, heights, spiders, etc. Do your research before you start trolling internet message boards. That is, if you have a reading comprehension level above that of a 7 year old.
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I think I kind of have the same problem...ish. But not with rocks... just with other large things in the water.
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P00LTOY
i don't really know, maybe a traumatic experience as a child.
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Fear of the unknown
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Ollieo
I too feel apprehensive and a bit of anxiety around boulders, trees etc. underwater. Its good to have a healthy respect and concern for water period - such a powerful force - and any possible hazards beneath. Thats not irrational IMO. But not sure about extreme to the point of panic attacks.
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It could possibly be that you're scared of getting crushed by one of these things. Yes, it is normal. I have friends that are scared of huge rocks too. Do I think it's normal? Yeah.
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I have the same fear! exactly! i would definitely call it a phobia. I think that it stems from a childhood experience. My friend scared me by saying that this rock that was covered in seaweed, junk, etc. was a "rockfish" and that it was disguising itself as a rock until something got close enough to eat- at which point it would spring to life and attack. i was maybe 3. scared me pretty bad. I'm still instinctually afraid. obviously, i know that that is not true, but still, large mysterious things in the ocean really scare me, still. :(
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I have the exact same fear....Large objects under me in the water. The thought of ship wrecks under me, really freaks me out. I also don't like seeing logs or big rocks. Nice to know I'm not alone.
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I don't directly have it for rocks. But I don't like pipes underwater or places where I can't see the bodom, or plain dark water. Just freaks me out. No clue how this was caused either. I don't find it abnormal at all. Specially considering I couldn't even finish a level myself in Zelda Twilight Princess cause of it... Made my friend do it ^^;
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I have a fear of things in water too! I'm not alone! XD I have a fear of water in general as well..
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Rocks are just large pieces of sand. You have nothing to fear from them.
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yeah, they are large pieces of sand. that can trap you underwater and bring you to a slow suffocating death.
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