What Is The Fear Of The Deep Blue Sea Essay

Some people have pet peeves, suffer from phobia, are just afraid of different things. People possess these things because something significant has happened to them to make them never forget something and always react to it. I am one of those people. I am terrified and terribly scared of sharks. I haven’t had a serious experience but I have had, I guess, a mental experience. For me, before something happens, I always think the worse case scenario. I always worry about the negative things that could happen.
I couldn’t stress enough how afraid I am of sharks. I will always be scared of them. I believe this is because at a young age I so happened to watch The Deep Blue Sea. If you haven’t seen the movie, it is about scientist who believed they can make sharks smarter. I think they made the sharks a bit too smart. There is a scene where they had put the shark to sleep while they were analyzing the shark’s brain. All of a sudden, the shark woke up, but they did not know the shark was awake. The shark then waited for one of the scientists to come close enough to him. Out of nowhere the shark jumped up and ate him. From watching that scene, I was convinced all sharks are smart. I was scared for my life.
My family and friends know I love the ocean, but I don’t think …show more content…
Suddenly I felt something brush against my leg. Now, I was trying to think positive so that I didn’t panic because I had a three-year-old to protect as well. I thought maybe it was Quinton’s leg. I didn’t pay it any mind. The next thing I felt was something biting my toe, but it didn’t hurt, and I didn’t feel teeth. I still panicked. I started shouting, “Something is biting my toe!” I see some of my family looking over. Someone shouted, “It’s a small shark!” As soon as I heard shark I swam as fast as I could. I forgot all about Quinton. When I was finally on the boat I saw that Quinton was still in the water. Thank God his mom jumped over after