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

@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.

@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