Incredible Photos That May Inspire A New Phobia Of Massive Things

Welcome to your new phobia.

Kylin

• Published in Interesting
• January 25, 2022

Listen, everyone is afraid of something, whether or not they’ll admit it. Since the beginning of mankind, there has been fear, it’s ingrained in us as the most basic foundation for our survival instincts.

Fear is usually a response to danger, activating our flight-or-fight response. While a lot of fears seem to come from childhood and creep into our adult lives, scientists have even concluded that fear is partly genetic.

People can have a fear of literally anything like commonly shared fears of the dark or snakes and spiders. Of course, there are more uncommon fears, like xanthophobia (fear of the color yellow), hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (ironically, the fear of long words), or the topic of this article: megalophobia (fear of large objects.)

A subreddit named r/Megalophobia, self-described as “A place to post images of all things large, particularly ones that are "triggers" for those with megalophobia,” hosts quite a terrifying collection of massive objects. And a whopping 368k people have joined this community, not sure if for solidarity, exposure therapy, or just plain fascination.

Think of large things like enormous cruise ships, natural mountainscapes, skyscrapers, massive animals, statues, underwater structures, the list of gigantic triggers is surprisingly large itself. We snagged the top 80 upvoted posts of giant things for your enjoyment.

Keep scrolling to see if any of these images awaken a deep-seated fear of all things large.

1. "Visually, Japanese Spider Crabs Really Are The Stuff Of Nightmares"

2. "Terrifying"

3. "Lochaber, Scotland 2021 By Mhg Photography"

4. "The Norwegian «troll» Platform. It Is The Largest Moveable Object Created By Mankind. (In This Image, It Is Not Submerged)"

5. "A Full-Sized School Bus Next To Haul Trucks"

6. "Massive Building"

7. "Saturn Rising Behind The Moon"

8. "Shipyard At Wallsend, UK. 1970s."

9. "This Is The Motherland Calls In Russia. It Stands At 279ft Tall (85m)"

10. "Redwood Trees"

11. "Dam"

12. "Too High"

13. "This One Is Very Unsettling"

14. "Had To Search Up If It Was Real"

15. "This Huge Road"

16. "Victor’s Way Sculpture Park In Ireland"

17. "Winter In Paris."

18. "Astronaut Bruce Mccandless II Floats Untethered Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle, With Nothing But His Manned Maneuvering Unit Keeping Him Alive. The First Person In History To Do So"

19. "Worlds Largest Single Firework Shell"

20. "Wow"

21. "Never Realized These Were That Big"

22. "A Mountain Of Timber. All Stacked & Unstacked By Hand"

23. "2000+ Metre Tsunami Looking Mountain In Kazbeghi"

24. "Always Forget How Massive These Supercarriers That America Builds Actually Are"

25. "It Really Gives It A Sense Of Its Scale. Look At Those Itty Bitty People. (Statue Of Unity, If You Haven't Seen It. Nearly 600' Tall)"

26. "This Saltwater Crocodile"

27. "A Bridge In Vietnam"

28. "Well Yes, But Actually No *shiver*"

29. "It Was Foggy In My Town The Other Day And I Captured This Terrifying Scene"

30. "Tokyo Flood Tunnels"

31. "Bagger 288, The World's Largest Land Vehicle"

32. "The View From This Apartment In Dubai"

33. "It Is The Tallest Statue Of Nyoirin Kannon In The World, And The Tallest Statue Of A Goddess In Japan"

34. "Saturn Enigmatic Hurricane, Twice The Size Of Earth"

35. "Railway Bridge In Nairobi National Park, Kenya"

36. "Tallest Statue In Africa"

37. "This Underwater “Waterfall” Is Giving Me Anxiety"

38. "Mola Mola: The World's Largest Bony Fish"

39. "This Is Just One Picture"

40. "Italian Sculptor Lorenzo Quinn’s Massive New Sculpture"

41. "Whale Spine"

42. "This Picture Of The Empire State Building From Nj Gives Me A Weird Feeling"

43. "Trees Occasionally Beach Themselves In The Search For Food"

44. "Crystals In This Mexican Cave Grow Up To 11m Long, And Weigh Up To 55 Tons"

45. "The Size Of This Tornado Compared To The Wind Turbines"

46. "The Dragon's Eye Stone Mine In The UK"

47. "Langfossen In Åkrafjorden, Norway. Stupid Amounts Of Water With The Melt This Time Of The Year"

48. "Bigger Than I Thought"

49. "Creeping Up"

50. "Big Boats Have Big Propellers. Imagine Seeing This From Underwater While Diving."

51. "Here’s A Terrifying Underwater Oil Rig"

52. "Girl Poses Next To A F1 Tornado A Mile Away"

53. "At Tillamook Air Museum, Home Of The Largest Wooden Hangar Ever Built, Intended To House Us Navy Blimps, Someone Hung Up A 192-Foot High Basketball Hoop."

54. "Anyone Going On Vacation To Japan Soon? Want To Visit The Godzilla Museum?"

55. "Sequoia In A Coniferous Forest"

56. "Abandoned Movie Prop In A Mausoleum. Poland"

57. "A Waterspout In Florida"

58. "Mt Fuji As Seen From A Nearby Town"

59. "That's A Big Honking Nope"

60. "Golden God"

61. "Big Sand Dune"

62. "The Buildings In The Background"

63. "This Is How Big Anchor Chains Are. It Makes Sense But Dang"

64. "Scares The Shit Outta Me Every Time"

65. "1,320-Ton God Of War Statue In China"

66. "House Near A Plantation"

67. "That Small Dot Is Mercury In Front Of Sun. Definitely Unsettling"

68. "Mt. St Helens Eruption, 1980"

69. "These Powerlines Showing The Curvature Of The Earth Really Drives The Point Home We Are Living On The Most Monstrously Large Object Any Of Us Have Ever Seen."

70. "Just An Iceburg Casually Strolling By."

71. "Lady Buddha Statue Located At Linh Ung Pagoda, Da Nang, Vietnam"

72. "This Gets Me Every Time"

73. "The Kelpies, Scotland, During Thunderstorm"

74. "King Albert's Tower. Person At The Base For Scale"

75. "Iceberg Passing A House In Greenland"

76. "Funny Yet Terrifying"

77. "So I Herd U Like Salt Mines..."

78. "This Abandoned Power Plant"

79. "The Sheer Scale Of An Open Pit Diamond Mine Compared To The Surrounding Town"

80. "This Circular Building In China Is Masssssive"

Do you have a newfound fear of massive things yet? The amount of work that went into creating some of these structures is mindboggling.

What pictures surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments below, and if you have a friend who claims to be fearless, share this article with them to see if you can call their bluff.

Kylin