Many, many years ago, dinosaurs walked the Earth. They were 50 feet tall, had teeth as big as cars and could (and did) eat absolutely anything they wanted. Except for the vegetarian dinosaurs. But they had their own issues because being vegan wasn’t cool yet so they just ate a couple of trees and called it a career. Fortunately for us, a meteor fell from the sky and destroyed every dinosaur on the land. This, however, did absolutely nothing to solve the problem of the dinosaurs in the water which we now call sharks. So Fear of Sharks is definitely still relevant.
Deep-Diving Into Your Fear of Sharks
Having a Fear of Sharks means there’s something in your DNA that makes you think it might be a bad idea to want to go swimming with something that is literally five-times your size and has rows of razor blade-like teeth capable of shredding you into pieces before you can say “cannon ball!”. In the industry, we call this genetic condition ‘common sense’. That being said, there are still people who decide life is too short to not want to submerge yourself inside of a metal cage and taunt one of these creatures with chum and the leftover remains of the last person in the cage.
There are dozens of types of sharks and even more reasons to have a Fear of Sharks. I used the word ‘dozen’ because that leaves the actual number open to interpretation. Though not all sharks want to rip your face apart or bite your legs off, the fact that there are some that do is reason enough to not want to go swimming in the ocean for a while. Some sharks have heads that are shaped like tools, other sharks have stripes that remind us of land creatures that can also maul us and other sharks just weigh a couple hundred pounds and do nothing but eat seaweed. Because now it’s mainstream to be a vegan dinosaurs. Regardless of it’s appearance, a shark is probably not something you want to try to adopt as a pet like a cat. They can barely do any cool tricks and then there’s the argument you have to get into with your landlord because you adopted the shark after you signed the lease saying you didn’t have any pets. It’s just not worth it.
How To Make Your Fear of Sharks Go Belly-Up
If you or someone you know has a Fear of Sharks, my only suggestion would be to watch Shark Week on the Discovery Channel or read one of the handy movie reviews on this site like this one right here. Why? Because it’s as close as you can get to facing your Fear without having to head into open water, mimicking the body movements of an injured seal on a surfboard during mating season.
