I too have this phobia, im 15 and ever since i can remember ive been really freaked out by them just looking at pictures of pools designed with them scares me, im not scared of swimming in the ocean or pools without the lanes, its mainly because they remind me of sharks.
If i have to swim in a pool with them i always stay in the middle section of the pool or the shallower end.
Im glad to finaly find out im not the only one with this phobia.
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dark waters by: Anonymous
i'd say its a fear of dark/deep water. typically deep water is very dark (like in the ocean) so the mind associates darkness in water as deepness, and you can drown in deep water, or more things lurk in the deep. and the drain thing is also associated with deep water (whirlpools)
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i have the same phobia by: Chrissie
I have the same exact phobia as you. I thought i was the only one with the swimming lane phobia...but luckily i'm not. I thought there was seriously something wrong with ME...but its just a strange fear you and i have. Were not the only ones with strange phobias..so its all good. =] I can't look at huge pictures of lap pools either..cuz they freak me the heck out!! Idk why..but I feel scared if im in a pool designed with the lanes..i'm not sure why?!?! Im embarassed to tell people i know =/
