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on January 31, 2021

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Submechanophobia: You Can’t Outswim These Sparks

You hear nothing but silence until the eerie creaking of an old, abandoned machine seeps out of the water. Water droplets add to the ambient background noise while rusted thing rises out of the murky water. There is no other sound to it, and that alone makes it even more terrifying to look at. It is deformed, rotted away at some of its features almost as if it fought to stay in that place more than once before. The smell of copper fills your nose as you stand there unable to unhinge your eyes from their own. It sits there. Staring. Now imagine all that, but now you share the same body of water. Struck with even more fear? You might be experiencing your newfound fear of Submechanophobia, but what if I told you that might not be your fear? Submechanophobia is the fear of man-made objects that are fully or partially submerged underwater (Fritscher, Lisa.), however, it has so many overwhelming factors that connect to this one phobia. Taking into consideration the phobia itself, the main co...

Ten reasons why I have Submechanophobia:

The open ocean has so many unresolved mysteries. I have been electrocuted before and it is not fun. I have read too many stories and fanfiction of electronics coming alive. Being in the water with something I can't control is unimaginably scary. I could be pulled down at any moment. I can't run in water. Distortion only makes the animatronic worse. Larger sized objects make me feel overpowered. Man-made objects are very untrustworthy and break down constantly. The ocean hides more than 70% of the world in its depths. (Pictured: Disney serpent now sitting abandoned after taken out of an underwater ride.)

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