/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:
/r/thalassophobia
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Just one step
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Does anybody have a POV video of a shipwreck?
Not sure if it makes sense to ask this here, but I’ve become fascinated in shipwrecks lately after listening to the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Now that we have smartphones, I am curious if anyone has any POV videos that show what it’s like to be on a ship when it sinks.
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Stormy Wave, My oil painting
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"The Fly Over" - the world's first and last fully underwater water slide at Duinrell Amusement Park in the Netherlands, constructed in 1994 and ceasing operation in 2003. During the duration of the slide, riders were completely submerged in water.
Just water still too scary
20:44 UTC
Oh, great. Thalassophobia AND claustrophobia, together!
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Got my wife out to finally join me in the ocean yesterday. She lowkey was hooked by still scared
15:01 UTC
why are you afraid of the ocean? other than sea monsters
22:23 UTC
Working on a boat
22:03 UTC
At least they're having fun
21:45 UTC
Atlantis Leviathan gave a Generation of Kids Existencial Fear of the Deep am i right.
15:37 UTC
Terrifying yet also beautiful
I can see the beauty in this type of experience however I could not ever do this myself
14:21 UTC
supposed to be for tourists…
People on wooden boats entering a hard to enter and exit coastal cave with deep blue water filling most of the inside, supposed to be for tourists..
02:06 UTC
Genuine question about this sub
Do people in this sub get bothered by looking at thalassophobia inducing photos or is it kind of like a you have to actually be there kind of thing? Im just confused why anyone with thalassophobia would seek out this sub?
Love the sub myself just curious!
00:23 UTC
The amount of "Thalassophobia" pictures depicting monsters in water is becoming ridiculous...
16:28 UTC
Snorkelling the US and European tectonic plate gap
This is Silfra in Iceland. Full blown -10c snow storm above, 0c glacial water temp below, drysuit, 5 layers and 2 pairs of socks.
19:25 UTC
Almost broke my gopro going beyond depth limits without housing. 40ft and it shut off
21:43 UTC
Going for a dive
14:47 UTC
You never know what’s binding in the murky waters
03:10 UTC
"I don't speak the language but I understand the problem"
Saw this and had to share the horror 😵 Even the water IN the boat looks scary af 😳 *(everyone survived)
02:54 UTC
Looking for videos for Halloween
Hi all!
This sub both terrifies me and intrigues me at the same time. This year for Halloween, I am dedicating a space to be inspired by this sub. Part of the decoration includes putting on scary thalassophobia videos to be played on repeat on the TV. So I’m looking for YouTube videos in landscape modes that are scary, ones that give you chills and goosebumps. I looked on YouTube some but I don’t find any that are as intriguing/scary. Most of them are slow burns and even then it’s not as bad.
Do you have any you could point me to? I really appreciate your help. Thanks!
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Computer controlled standing wave
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The entrance of the Great Blue Hole in Belize
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The pacific from the international space station
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Tsunami hits hard in Palu, Indonesia (2018)
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I'm not scared of flying - but flying over the Pacific Ocean at night to Hawaii whilst experiencing turbulence is something else...
19:44 UTC
What lies below?
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