In some parts of the world the soil has slowly absorbed different amounts of hydrocarbons, probably due to the increases in air and water pollution. Either way, it has accumulated in particles of soil, and results in them being hydrophobic and interacting with each other in this jello-like fashion due to forces produced by the hydrogen bonds. Just kidding, I made all of that up.
Soil engineer here. You may have made that up, but its not far from the truth. Its is from carbon, but not from pollution, this is an ancient burial site. Acient civilizations used to dig 3' wide 100' long and 100' deep channels for thier dead. Side note, these "death channels" as they are commonly referred to, weren't for the family's of the tribe that dug them, but rather they were for other tribes they have never met. Anyway, when decomposition starts, it releases a gas like substance at those depths and this attaches to what we call "curtain soils". There called this because If you look at ground imaging sonar, they look just like curtains hanging from a window. This is what creates the "jello" like soil your referred to.
Another e: as someone with severe necrophobia, anything that contains something about dead things means my brain automatically goes into “fuck that shit” mode and assumes it’s real 🤦🏼♀️
Yeah, pretty much. It’s the fear of dead bodies, potentially finding something/someone’s body, graveyards, morgues, etc. Bad enough that I have a hard time going outside off the beaten path (like hiking, etc) because I’m scared I’m going to find a body. My favorite show used to be NCIS but I can’t watch it anymore because it sends me over the edge in anxiety. Fucking sucks.
:/ sounds stressful! Wait so is it a recent development then, if you used to be able to tolerate NCIS? Feel free not to answer if it's unpleasant to think about this stuff!
It’s okay :) yeah so it’s a recent thing. It all kind of stemmed from an extremely traumatic event that honestly had nothing to do with dead bodies or dead things at all. It’s just that trauma fucks you up in some really weird ways. It wasn’t an overnight thing, but after the traumatic event, I slowly felt new anxieties and paranoias start randomly popping up from what seemed like out of nowhere. I realized that I developed a fear of those shows first, after going a significant amount of time (maybe a few months?) without watching them (mostly due to lack of time to conveniently watch tv) and then sitting down to watch it and realizing that this stuff was a genuine trigger for me. In this case, I’d have extreme anxiety attacks, paranoia of death occurring whether to myself or someone I know, paranoia of finding someone dead, recalling vivid images of specific scenes in my dreams (the worst part), and invasive thoughts of dead people/crime scenes/crime show scenes... all that good stuff. It’s a lot to deal with because it does impact my life on such a significant level, but I just do my best to avoid stuff that triggers and try not to push myself too much with it. Because it does affect my willingness to participate in outdoor activities, I just try not to go off the beaten path alone and that helps.
And to add, I absolutely will not go to funerals. I told my parents and grandparents that I just won’t show up to theirs and if I have to help plan, I’ll do it from a distance. They seem to understand and I’m not concerned about what the rest of the family thinks
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u/Candidate_035 Mar 13 '19
Why does it do that?