Submechanophobia is the term for the fear of submerged artificial objects. It is a type of specific phobia. If a person has submechanophobia, they will usually experience fear when thinking about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy of Penny Pink Penny Pink is afraid of any man-made objects underwater. She first realized that as a child visiting ...

If you have a phobia, you may wonder if you're the only one. While things like fear of heights (acrophobia) or spiders (arachnophobia) are pretty common, others are more unusual, like trypophobia, ...

I think I may have submechanophobia. The very thought of being submerged underwater in a solid metal casket loaded with explosive torpedoes chills me to the core. And yet, for Adolf Hitler, submarines ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Penny Pink. The following has been edited for ...

Penny Pink is afraid of any man-made objects underwater. She first realized that as a child visiting Universal Studios. Her phobia doesn't affect her day-to-day since she doesn't live by bodies of ...