/r/thalassophobia
Less than 10% of the ocean has been explored. For more information see: https://reddark.untone.uk/
Pictures and videos, fiction or real, related to the deep dark water that make us really uncomfortable.
If you see a repost, please report it!
thalassophobia - fear of being in large bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, of sea waves, and fear of distance from land
megalohydrothalassophobia - fear of large things in the water
We have both!
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Subreddit rules.
1. Only thalassophobia related posts and titles
If you’re posting something, ask yourself: Is it triggering my thalassophobia (fear of vast and/or deep bodies of water) or is it triggering a different sort of fear? Make sure your title highlights thalassophobia - see rule 3.
2. Restrictions on sea life
Sea life is permissible as long as it isn't the main focus of the content. Generally speaking, you should not post pictures with sea life as the main focus. A shark swimming calmly next to a diver is not a suitable post for this sub, neither is a shark having a seal for lunch. If it is the main focus, it also has to emerge unexpectedly from nothing. Absolutely NO dubbed in noises (this usually applies to whales).
Posting sea life is also okay under megalohydrothalassophobia (fear of large water creatures) criteria:
- It must not dominate the picture/video or be the sole factor of fear.
- It should serve the purpose of demonstrating the scale and vastness of the body of water (i.e. Holy CRAP, that giant thing can hide in the water??).
3. Use proper titles
Any posts with just “Nope” as a title will be automatically removed. Don’t do that. Just don’t. Same with “That’s a nope from me”. Just avoid the word “nope”. Furthermore, titles in the spirit of “OMG SO CREEPY” or emojis will also be removed.
Your title should highlight the thalassophobic nature of the post rather than any sea creature in the post. For example, if you're posting a video of a shark, we're not interested in the shark itself, we're interested in the massive blue void of nothingness behind him. Titles focusing on sea creatures will be removed.
4. No jokes, memes, or cartoons
While we all love a good laugh, it isn’t specifically what we’re looking for in this sub. Thalassophobia-related artwork is okay as long as it adheres to all the other rules.
5. Be nice and courteous
Seriously, there’s seldom a need to be nasty. There’s absolutely no need to be nasty on this sub. So don’t be.
6. No reposts
Reposts will be monitored within a 90 day window. We will also be maintaining a list of retired submissions that have been posted so much that they have been retired to the "Thalassophobia Hall of Fame" to never be posted again...
7. No gore
Absolutely no gore is allowed on this subreddit, not animals, not people, nothing.
For additional information, including enforcement, please see our rules wiki page.
Hall of fame
Hall of Fame posts can be found here
Our siblings
- /r/thedepthsbelow - All the nightmare fuel that exists in the ocean
- /r/submechanophobia - Fear of submerged man-made objects
- /r/megalophobia - Fear of large things
- /r/nyctohylophobia - Fear of dark woods
Our friends:
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Recently travelled by boat and it brings in the creeps again
10:21 UTC
I bet you guys would looove this one.
19:48 UTC
Secret Fishing Spot
15:01 UTC
A’storms a come’n
14:17 UTC
Impression seascape. Original wet charcoal and pastel art by me.
09:54 UTC
Lets go swimming, just throw yourself in!
17:37 UTC
This is terrifying
The fog is already scary on its own, the fog in the ocean? No thank you. I can't imagine being in those waters, I wouldn't see nothing but a giant ship in a dark, mysterious sea
11:41 UTC
I overcome my fear (a little)
I am really scared of the deep water and i decided to try to overcome it somehow so i bougth a game calld Subnautica of the steam summer sale, im going fully blind i don't know nothing about it except that i are under water most of the time. Have any of you played it? And did it help or just make it worse?
23:12 UTC
Black sea. My oil painting on hardboard.
18:58 UTC
I don't fear the ocean...
I fear the stuff that lives beneath the surface.
(Also true of freshwater lakes, I generally prefering beeing on the water compared to in it. There are realistically no fish in my local lake that are a danger to humans, and attacks are absolutely rare and if they happen not going to be permanently damaging, biggest fish in the lake is probably the pike and the lake trout, though there are european catfish about 10km downstream in the river that flows out of the lake but even those usually leave people alone and the few snakes we have are either shy or not poisonous and shy)
14:53 UTC
felt like this belonged here
i found this in the_best_subreddit followed by numbers but i forgot what they were. not necessarily underwater but i hated this.
02:29 UTC
Up and down
23:33 UTC
Imagine getting wiped by this wave !
19:46 UTC
Just saw the movie the reef yesterday
The movie caused me so much anxiety. But I was so into it.
I’m going on a cruise and will be snorkeling in the bahamas in shark infested waters.
16:38 UTC
Ya I think I’ll pass on being a marine biologist
05:45 UTC
00:41 UTC
lt is called Chicama, the longest wave series in the world, occurs at a single point on the Peruvian is the only wave in the world that is legally protected by the law : Nothing can be built within the radius of two kilometersfrom that place ,so that nothing can affect its natural formation
22:06 UTC
My first post. I heard you guys might like stuff like this…
Don’t be too harsh if I got it wrong. Feedback is desired.
14:30 UTC
Saw that the other day. Creepy ?
20:42 UTC
"Sunken Lairs" - art by Julian Faylona
12:59 UTC
Would you work in a cargo ship if they pay well ?
12:24 UTC
Leaving San Fran on our cruise and immediately see this guy in the Bay.
The fog, foghorns going off all around us, no idea if a ship is headed right for you, Great Whites common in the area… no thanks. Someone did call 911 on the ship just in case. Seems like he’s just fixing whatever that thing is called that you sail with on a surfboard, though.
07:12 UTC
Those sounds would absolutely freak me out!
06:18 UTC
The paddling is bad enough, but going under the waves is big yikes.
05:23 UTC
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