Comments on: Buoys Scare Me. http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/ michael@michaelgitter.com Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:14:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlotte http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-65 Charlotte Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:15:20 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-65 I come from a fishing family so I know all the reasons why buoys are put there etc. but I am just so afraid of them! I don't mind the unsubmerged part but I would never go near one just because I can't stand the thought of the submerged part of the buoy and the chain going down! I'm the same with icebergs (obviously a completely different object), but whenever I see pictures of some of the iceberg above the water and most of it below, it just gives me shivers. I come from a fishing family so I know all the reasons why buoys are put there etc. but I am just so afraid of them! I don’t mind the unsubmerged part but I would never go near one just because I can’t stand the thought of the submerged part of the buoy and the chain going down! I’m the same with icebergs (obviously a completely different object), but whenever I see pictures of some of the iceberg above the water and most of it below, it just gives me shivers.

]]> By: Bryony http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-64 Bryony Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:08:41 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-64 its kinda depressing to know that other people share the same phobia as me... thought i was just messed up or special! -_- lol but i agree 100% with the description!! thats exactly how i explain my phobia to people and everyone just kinda gives you the WTF? expression. im sure everyone commenting can probably relate to that in some way or another :L but one things for sure, id rather die than touch one of those things whilst alive. its kinda depressing to know that other people share the same phobia as me… thought i was just messed up or special! -_- lol but i agree 100% with the description!! thats exactly how i explain my phobia to people and everyone just kinda gives you the WTF? expression. im sure everyone commenting can probably relate to that in some way or another :L but one things for sure, id rather die than touch one of those things whilst alive.

]]> By: Anthony http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-63 Anthony Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:26:39 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-63 I'm an accomplished scuba diver and triathlete - no fear with regard to water. But buoys are creepy. Some odd psychological gap perhaps - the rational mind calculating depth in murky water. It doesn't apply in clear water. Jaws has something to do with it. Seaweed beds freak me out but that is a Creature from the Black Lagoon thing. Somewhat related. Summer camp as a boy. A lake in the Midwest. There was a tradition that we were to jump in the cold water early in the morning to waken us for inspection. A few days before a waterskiier had crashed, died and not washed up. They made us jump in and made it clear that the body might be nearby. He washed up in the area a few days later. We were all haunted by that. I’m an accomplished scuba diver and triathlete – no fear with regard to water. But buoys are creepy. Some odd psychological gap perhaps – the rational mind calculating depth in murky water. It doesn’t apply in clear water. Jaws has something to do with it. Seaweed beds freak me out but that is a Creature from the Black Lagoon thing.

Somewhat related. Summer camp as a boy. A lake in the Midwest. There was a tradition that we were to jump in the cold water early in the morning to waken us for inspection. A few days before a waterskiier had crashed, died and not washed up. They made us jump in and made it clear that the body might be nearby. He washed up in the area a few days later. We were all haunted by that.

]]> By: Sue http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-62 Sue Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:51:04 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-62 Wow I actually thought I was alone until I Googled it! I have the exact same fear as al. Markers buoys boat lane lines etc I cry if I'm in the water and a feel like I'm drifting near them and I can't go past them. Also those naval mines too its irrational I know but I feel like if I can't see the bottom that they're there, beyond the markers. I hate my random irrational phobia. Wow I actually thought I was alone until I Googled it! I have the exact same fear as al. Markers buoys boat lane lines etc I cry if I’m in the water and a feel like I’m drifting near them and I can’t go past them. Also those naval mines too its irrational I know but I feel like if I can’t see the bottom that they’re there, beyond the markers. I hate my random irrational phobia.

]]> By: Ceri http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-61 Ceri Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:41:54 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-61 im exactly the same as you Ali! i was scuba diving and went quite far out and i looked up and right in front of me was the thick rusty chain of the buoy holding it down. i had a panick attack and almost drowned but luckily my dad saw me and helped me up into the boat. i never thought of them as being scary before but that one time when i saw it in front of me i freaked and since them ive hated them. i think its the fact i cant see where the chain finishes its just blackness or just the fact you cant see underneath it, its just floating there…. even seeing pictures of buoys freaks me out when i clicked on this blog and the picture came up my heart skipped 1000 beats. im exactly the same as you Ali!
i was scuba diving and went quite far out and i looked up and right in front of me was the thick rusty chain of the buoy holding it down. i had a panick attack and almost drowned but luckily my dad saw me and helped me up into the boat.
i never thought of them as being scary before but that one time when i saw it in front of me i freaked and since them ive hated them.
i think its the fact i cant see where the chain finishes its just blackness or just the fact you cant see underneath it, its just floating there….

even seeing pictures of buoys freaks me out when i clicked on this blog and the picture came up my heart skipped 1000 beats.

]]> By: Ceri http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-60 Ceri Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:40:21 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-60 im exactly the same as you Ali! i was scuba diving and went quite far out and i looked up and right in front of me was the thick rusty chain of the buoy holding it down. i had a panick attack and almost drowned but luckily my dad saw me and helped me up into the boat. i never thought of them as being scary before but that one time when i saw it in front of me i freaked and since them ive hated them. i think its the fact i cant see where the chain finishes its just blackness or just the fact you cant see underneath it, its just floating there.... im exactly the same as you Ali!
i was scuba diving and went quite far out and i looked up and right in front of me was the thick rusty chain of the buoy holding it down. i had a panick attack and almost drowned but luckily my dad saw me and helped me up into the boat.
i never thought of them as being scary before but that one time when i saw it in front of me i freaked and since them ive hated them.
i think its the fact i cant see where the chain finishes its just blackness or just the fact you cant see underneath it, its just floating there….

]]> By: morgan http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-59 morgan Thu, 12 May 2011 23:57:07 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-59 OMG me too i have a horrible fear of them and people just laugh and say im crazy well im glad that there are others OMG me too i have a horrible fear of them and people just laugh and say im crazy well im glad that there are others

]]> By: hanna http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-58 hanna Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:51:37 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-58 my friend showed this article to me, and i finally realized that i am not the only one with this ridiculous fear.i cant explain what it is that makes them so scary especially since they are harmless but something about how you cant see where the chain ends... i've always had a fear of anything in water where i cant see the bottom. i want to get over this fear but having to get on a buoy or close to one is unimaginable. my friend showed this article to me, and i finally realized that i am not the only one with this ridiculous fear.i cant explain what it is that makes them so scary especially since they are harmless but something about how you cant see where the chain ends… i’ve always had a fear of anything in water where i cant see the bottom. i want to get over this fear but having to get on a buoy or close to one is unimaginable.

]]> By: Katie http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-57 Katie Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:37:32 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-57 I am SO glad other people have the same fear! they are too creepy! and you cant see what's beneath them, as well as the gross sea weedy roughened rope, or the rusty horrid chain! my sister pushed me up against one once, whilst i was asleep on a lido, and when i opened my eyes i swam back to the shore within about 2 seconds i swear! they actually make me tremble :( i hate the way they just bobble about, like disembodied heads! URGH. its not even like they're clean either! i guess its just the way you cant see what's attaching them to the bottom :( Thank you for making this page! i don't feel so alone any more ^^ I am SO glad other people have the same fear! they are too creepy! and you cant see what’s beneath them, as well as the gross sea weedy roughened rope, or the rusty horrid chain! my sister pushed me up against one once, whilst i was asleep on a lido, and when i opened my eyes i swam back to the shore within about 2 seconds i swear! they actually make me tremble :( i hate the way they just bobble about, like disembodied heads! URGH. its not even like they’re clean either! i guess its just the way you cant see what’s attaching them to the bottom :( Thank you for making this page! i don’t feel so alone any more ^^

]]> By: Thomas http://michaelgitter.com/buoys/#comment-56 Thomas Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:08:07 +0000 http://www.michaelgitter.com/?p=66#comment-56 I'm afraid of buoys too! I love the water though and love kayaking. I always associated it with a fear of deep water. As long as I can perceive the bottom I feel comfortable. Something about buoys (especially the rusty tether disappearing into the depths) though makes the water seem bottomless. I'm fine being near them in a boat, but you wouldn't catch me in the water next to one. Even the really small ones used on lakes and rivers to designate a no-wake zone freak me out. When I paddle by I keep my distance. Its not as scary if I can't see the tether. I’m afraid of buoys too! I love the water though and love kayaking. I always associated it with a fear of deep water. As long as I can perceive the bottom I feel comfortable. Something about buoys (especially the rusty tether disappearing into the depths) though makes the water seem bottomless. I’m fine being near them in a boat, but you wouldn’t catch me in the water next to one. Even the really small ones used on lakes and rivers to designate a no-wake zone freak me out. When I paddle by I keep my distance. Its not as scary if I can’t see the tether.

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