Medically known as aquaphobia, it can cause crippling fear in people who have a phobia of water. It is a fairly common phobia ...

Guest post by Dr. Melissa Betters. Are you afraid of the deep, dark ocean? If so, you’re not alone. Thalassophobia (fear of deep water) seems all too common these days from web articles titled “10 ...

Fear of the deep water is not uncommon. According to the CDC, a staggering 46% of adults fear the deep end of a pool, 32% are afraid to put their head underwater, and 46% are afraid of drowning.

Fear held her back from swimming in the deep end... until her son showed her that sometimes you have to let go of the edge. Aug. 11, 2016, 10:43 AM EDT / Source : TODAY By Linda Dahlstrom Anderson ...

But when fear becomes exaggerated, it is an abnormal reaction to normal circumstances: an adult stands in waist-deep water and feels as if they're going to pass out or are in imminent danger of dying.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I love beaches and sandy vacations, but somehow I also have a wild fear of deep waters. I don't think I had ever come to that realization before -- probably because I'm never too ...

For most of the last three decades, McCauley has been gripped by a paralyzing fear of swimming in open or deep water. It’s not an uncommon condition. Advertisement.

I was terrified. My toes curled around the end of the diving board. I closed my eyes so I couldn’t see the deep water below. The board was small, but I felt as if I was on a 30-foot-high Olympic ...