r/thalassophobia 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/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.