Comments on: you don’t swim alone

By: Anja

Anja — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:58:54 +0000

I can`t swim in a pool alone too! I am afraid that a weird genius professor has genetically manipulated sharks in a tank among the swimming pool and when I am in the pool they will come out and eat me alive…so I guess I get that from my older sister. she told me as I were younger that “IT” is living among the swimming pool.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 15 May 2010 02:27:22 +0000

We had an aboveground pool, and the whole time we were growing up, my brothers used to wait till I was on the side with no ladder then jump out and scream “JAWS!” to watch me swim like a maniac to the ladder. It’s not an irrational fear – it could happen. I also have trouble taking a bath when no one else is home, just in case.

By: sally

sally — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:07:49 +0000

haha me too or a dead body will float up and grab me

By: Kitten

Kitten — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:31:59 +0000

I’m most afraid of a zombie. I have to put my head under water a lot to make sure no zombies snuck in the pool.

By: becky

becky — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:23:19 +0000

I almost drowned as a small child and it spawned all kinds of water-related fears so I TOTALLY get it.

By: NoPlease

NoPlease — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:47:51 +0000

I have the same fear, but instead of a shark it is a snake or dangerous or reptilian creature hiding in the deep end of the pool. Highly Plausible.

By: emdoubleyou

emdoubleyou — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:19:18 +0000

don’t you know that if you stay standing on the black line in the pool nothing (sharks, seamonsters et al) can get you! everybody knows that.

By: Leviyah

Leviyah — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:11:41 +0000

I think scary movies and scary stories definitely have something to do with it. I have issues with the vents, stories about kids getting their hands stuck int hem stand out, but I also fear something will come up through it. Think IT just instead of the shower its the pool.
There are also various scenes in my mind from horror films, the plastic appearing over the top of the water was one…the Jason movies are chock full of water and monster scariness. There are lots of them.
I know they are irrational. I still can’t help it. I feel deep and controlling fear whenever I am in a pool and find myself alone. I also have issues with all night swimming. Lights or no lights, I can not place my body in or near a body of water while it is dark out. Of course, I also won’t step out of bed without *some* light on, but that is a whole ‘nother neurosis entirely.

By: Carla

Carla — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:28:43 +0000

Me too!! I always think it will be a shark, and it’ll come out of one of the vents, even when i’m not alone. Maybe its because i’m scared of the sea

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:06:50 +0000

Oh my god!!! I thought I was the only one.. I am 25 years old and still to this day cannot swim by myself. I always think something will come and kill me (whether its a shark, monster, etc). I am also terrified of deep water, even if I am swimming with other people.