RE: Submerged/sunken man-made object phobia.
September 7, 2012 at 7:38 pm
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2012 at 7:44 pm by Jackalope.)
Good point, cato. That's one of the things that draws me to the underwater world - it is completely alien and inhospitable. It's the closest to unexploring the unknown that I will ever achieve.
Having come close to drowning (at the fucking surface, no less), I can say it is high on the list of terrifying experiences. Easily available oxygen is easily taken for granted.
Edited to add - cato, many of the scuttled wrecks have claimed lives - diver's lives. Somehow that's different. I dive within the limits of my training and risk tolerance, so that my fate is substantially in my own hands.
Having come close to drowning (at the fucking surface, no less), I can say it is high on the list of terrifying experiences. Easily available oxygen is easily taken for granted.
Edited to add - cato, many of the scuttled wrecks have claimed lives - diver's lives. Somehow that's different. I dive within the limits of my training and risk tolerance, so that my fate is substantially in my own hands.
