Foxytosin 🏳️🌈I recently learned the name of a phobia that I always knew I had but didn’t have the words for
Submechanaphobia
I was always terrified of wave pools in particular
I remember being out on a lake one time and I lost a flip flop in the water that floated out near a buoy that was anchored by the shoreline
When I got close to the buoy, my body just locked up and I couldn’t get any nearer
That’s the only time I have ever had that feeling of locking up
keirFox@Foxytosin Had been kayaking for so many years on the ocean and rivers and never had any moments like this.
…until a friend got me into magnet fishing and I was out on a river trawling with a strong magnet on a rope from the kayak. It suddenly catching something and the realization of just how deep the water was under me messed me up briefly.
Keeya@Foxytosin That also looks kinda claustrophobic 
Or maybe it's the part where imagining what if you somehow end up on the other side of the bars that's to blame for that feeling.
Or maybe it's the part where imagining what if you somehow end up on the other side of the bars that's to blame for that feeling.@keeya yeahhh
It’s very specifically man-made mechanical structures under water that I can’t see but know are there that trigger it for me
Even those pump/drain covers at the bottom of pools make me nervous 
LeoBurr@Foxytosin Oh, you would have *loved* Action Park…
@LeoBurr the briefest of perusing Wikipedia on that tells me what I need to know lol
Born too late to be traumatized by Action Park 
@Foxytosin Burrs survived it. Though almost drowned once in the grave pool.
@LeoBurr dare I ask what the grave pool is
The wave pool there earned the name “Grave Pool” because people literally drowned in it… multiple times. Waves were waaay too aggressive, pool overcrowded, half the kids in there couldn’t swim, and the freshwater meant less buoyancy than the ocean that most people on the coast were used to.
My aunt just dragged us out there and let us go. The park had a steadily increasing body count until it was shut down. So no, “survived” isn’t hyperbole. :)
Well I’m glad you survived to tell the tale
I think the last wave pool I went to was at Hawaiian Falls in North Texas
@Foxytosin All wave pools should use salt water. #trufax
@LeoBurr this can be part of your political platform when you run for office
A tig in every home and salt water in every wave pool
Burr of the people
@Foxytosin And a yerf in every bed. ;)
And I'd never, ever run for office. :P
DeltaWye
@LeoBurr @Foxytosin
Video primer for Foxy:
The World's Deadliest Theme Park | The Story of Action Park
@Foxytosin @LeoBurr Yes it was, Foxy. Yes it was.
@DeltaWye @Foxytosin There are many fun things of my youth I could tell you about that I survived. Action Park was treated like a giant thrill ride and you were a pussy if you worried about getting hurt or dying. Just, you know, don’t.
@Foxytosin Yeah there’s some stuff I know I’m NOT going to tell you because I really don’t want you to be up all night half catatonic…
Aires@Foxytosin Do I have a subreddit for you! https://www.reddit.com/r/submechanophobia/
@aires hehe this subreddit is what got me here