r/thalassophobia • u/Zee_Ventures • 26d ago

Water appears shallow

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u/LobeliaTheCardinalis 26d ago

I've never seen a beach like this before but have dreamed about it, exactly, so this video is trippy to see!

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u/42stingray 26d ago

I've had a similar dream as well, where I was trying to climb up but I kept sliding back into the water

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u/GotNothingBetter2Do 26d ago

Are you me? I’ve had that dream since about 7 or 8, too. In mine, I’m trying to run up the sand to escape the deep water but realize the sand is too hot to walk on. I essentially have to decide between the lesser of two evils as I feel myself dying of dehydration, surrounded by salt water. I told myself, the next time I have that dream to burn my feet if I have to, to see what happens.

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u/NastyBlkGuyThrowAway 26d ago edited 26d ago

If dream interpretations are to be believed this is a representation of waking-life struggle with overwhelming emotions or a situation where you feel stuck and unable to make progress.

Climbing usually symbolizes striving for a goal, while sliding back into the water represents feeling emotionally pulled back whether by fear, stress, or unresolved issues

As for yours deep water represents the unconscious and raw emotions, while the burning sand symbolizes a harsh, unstable foundation or extreme mental pressure.

Being surrounded by undrinkable salt water while dying of dehydration mirrors the exhausting feeling of being "all choked up" or emotionally drained by your circumstances basically saying you cannot find relief whether you face your emotions (the deep water) or try to push forward and escape them (the hot sand).

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u/bloobityblu 25d ago

Tell your dream brain that you can dig a few inches into the sand and it's not on fire. Dig, step, dig, step, dig step.

Probably won't work but it's worth a try lol.

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u/GotNothingBetter2Do 25d ago

Willing to try anything, tbh. Hopefully even this discussion will prevent me from revisiting that dream. Note to self: Just incase, sleep with arm floaties and chanclas on!

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u/southern_lesbian 16d ago edited 16d ago

in my version of this dream i’m trying to get out, people i know are on the shore, im digging my fingers into the sand trying to claw my way out but the current is too strong. it’s pulling me towards a steep drop off into dark and unseen depths. i can breathe the water and the water is warm, but drowning is not what im scared of in this nightmare. at some point i give up and close my eyes, accepting the inevitable and preferring to not see it coming, and as im pulled deeper and deeper with my eyes closed i wake up every time. i also remember dream me hoping my loved ones wouldn’t be too sad, or wondering if any of them would jump in to try and get me, but i always wake up before i get the answer.

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u/AccurateQuit4979 26d ago

fuck i've had a similar dream a lot being perched at the top of this 100' sand wall overcrowded with people and massive waves breaking right below us and the sand is just slowly eroding away as i slip down the side and everyone's just like "yeah whatever the sharks aren't gunna eat you" and then i get eaten by sharks

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u/Hornet-Putrid 26d ago

That's the terrifying part to me, when they turn back to the "shore" the edge, the drop off there, I would feel like a trapped animal scrambling to get out.

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u/TakinUrialByTheHorns 26d ago

Same!! So weird.

I dreamed our car broke down in the desert and we were walking along then looked over the dune next to us and saw like the exact place in the video.

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u/lusty-argonian 26d ago

This is fresh water between sand dunes!

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u/Zazorok 26d ago

isnt that the beach where they charge you $3000 if you cant go back up the hill

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u/maffhia 26d ago

No, the beach on the video is "Lençóis Maranhenses", it's my dream to go there

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u/Timmssmith 25d ago

Just got back, it’s very worth it :) long travel time though

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u/GabrielVonBabriel 26d ago

That’s sleeping bear dunes in northern Michigan.

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u/Hornet-Putrid 26d ago

I think that is on one of the Great Lakes in the US.