u/10th_fatuiharbinger

Does anyone have any phobias or extreme fear of something?? Yesterday my friend and I were having a talk about how hot it was outside and they all went to puzha to bathe. For me...I'm scared of water.. especially the sea so I don't know how to swim I tried when I was young but stopped due to the fear of drowning. I said this to my friend when he asked if I knew how to swim. He went on and made a joke on how " I'll drown and die if I fall into a small water body because I don't know how to swim and how embarrassing it is" and " pedi oke onn vellathil erangiya pokum athilonnum velya karym illa "with a pucham.Maybe yes... but I thought how someone's fear becomes a silly joke to others. I think some people never understand how terrifying it is for people with extreme fears. Any similar experience??