4/28/2023 0 Comments Abandoned animatronics![]() In fact, there’s an entire subreddit dedicated to submechanophobia itself. It was irrational, anyway…wasn’t it? It would be years before I’d discover that I wasn’t the only one disturbed by such things.Īs I’ve more recently discovered, there are plenty of people terrified by out of place objects resting in or under the water. The thought of it bothered me so much that I decided to entirely stop thinking about it. There was just something so unnatural about the thought of these man-made objects resting at the bottom of some large body of water, growing a thick coat of algae, and rotting. In just a short while, that umbrella would be at the bottom of the lake, resting in the sand, forgotten and covered in darkness. The same feeling from before overcame me. It was too far to be saved and began to sink even faster. The sickly green sun rays exposed its position as it began to slip below the surface. Friendly bystanders rushed to help them, some of them even diving into the water, ready to try and catch the flailing mess of blue and white cloth and wires. The owners of the umbrella ran after it frantically, kicking up sand in their wake. This time, I watched a large umbrella become swept away by the wind right into the water. The incident stuck with me until the next time I visited the lake when something similar happened. The purse was saved as were most of the things it held, but not everything was spared. The thought of them just sitting there under the water where no one could see them or miss them struck me and I was frozen with fear. The loose objects were headed for the very bottom of the lake, and that terrified me. It was only a matter of seconds before I couldn’t see any of what had been expelled from the purse anymore. I could see them falling slowly thanks to the rays of sunlight that forced their way through the water. As the green of the lake began flooding the once safe interior of the purse, it began pulling things out with it. She was so desperate and determined to find whatever it was that she was looking for, in fact, that the purse slipped out of her hands and into the water. For whatever reason, my friend’s mom ended up looking for something in her purse during our brief voyage and was desperate to find it. The highlight of the trip by far was when we went out on the lake in one of those little paddle boats. I went with a close friend of mine and his mother. ![]() One childhood experience of mine that, in retrospect, was very indicative of my phobia, took place when I went to visit a lake. For years, I wondered why I would repeatedly wake up from nightmares about that film, but it wasn’t until I discovered the existence of submechanophobia that my general fear of that film as well as so many other odd experiences I had, started to make sense. Watching the film really wouldn’t have been negatively impactful if my first time being exposed to man-made underwater objects did not include a) a submarine inhabited by killer sharks and b) an entire field of exploding underwater mines. Watching that film for the first time would be one of my earliest experiences learning about the ocean, the creatures that inhabit it, and, of course, the disturbing debris that rests at its bottom. If I had to blame any sort of media for kickstarting my submechanophobia, it would be Finding Nemo. By sharing some of my first-hand experiences with submechanophobia, I hope to shed some light on this phenomenon and hopefully portray some of my own personal fears as justifiable, even if they are just as bizarre as they sound. Very little frightens me as much as an uncanny looking animatronic resting in the darkness of a body of water…waiting. While knowledge and awareness of this particular fear are limited, I can attest to the fact that it is extremely real. If you’ve ever been overcome with unexplainable terror looking at a harmless, semi-realistic underwater statue, you most likely have the phobia. If you’ve ever felt unsettled looking at eerie footage of a shipwreck, you may be able to relate to the feeling. Submechanophobia – the fear of man-made objects partially or wholly submerged underwater.
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