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Sketchyshorts: Thalassaphobia, the worst fear to have in my opinion, heres why

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180 views 6 upvotes Made by Sketchy_113 2 years ago in Drawings
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Hi everyone, you might already know what im about to tell yall.
Yes, some of you already know from me that i have an big fear of depths in oceans and seas, wich is called thalassaphobia. You might think it is very uncommon, but no, it is not really. 1 in the 20 people has it, and guess what? im the 1 in the 20.
so let me tell you the story how im dealing with it, therapy, nightmares, and all the other stuff.
enjoy.
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Welp, here i am, at the beach just staring at the big blue in front of me. Knowing all too well what could happen when i was in there. I just cannot get myself over to have fun in the sea, having severe thoughts of drowning or something dragging me down. When i was 6, my parents noticed that i was just looking afraid to go to the beach. When i was 13, wich was not so long ago, i once freaked out about seeing things in the water looking at me, wich was the trigger for family and friends to send me to theraphy.
And i got to say, it was not long before it was clear that i had some nasty crap going on in my mind about oceans.
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It started in Arhnem, wich is the main city in Gelderland in the netherlands. My dad dropped me off and said he was going to get some stuff we needed, and wished me luck. Not short after, i took a breath and walked inside. And holy cuaqamole, i did not expect to see so many aquariums inside the waiting room. Some people say that fish in aquariums help to clam the mind, but by me it just gives me the creeps and the shivers. There were 3 small childeren, and i guess a lady wich probably was the mother, looking a bit tired, also, there was this old man waiting aswell. It took a while, but eventually, it was my turn to enter the room of dr. vries. He asked me sit down and tell him the whole situation. eventually, he wrote stuff down, and said he´d try some methods. I was presented to this screen, and he had put an heartbeat band over my wrist, i guess to see if my heartrate was going up by seeing these kind of images (above the text) And indeed, my heartrate went up by 54. So he said to me that i should take some rest and not think about it. Wich calmed me for just a little, but what would actually happen if i was in those images?
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Now i´d say nightmares are not nice to have, but if you have them from phobias, they are pretty nasty. I had this one time where i dreamt about me getting dropped in the ocean, with an weight on my leg. slowly but surely decending in the deep, dark, depths of who-knows-where. i remeber trying to get me out of the chains, but with no use. And it became darker, yet darker, and yet darker. And to end it all with in the most sinister way of the ocean, it all ended when a massive shark rised from the deep and swallowed me whole. Wich resulted in me waking up sweating and having short breath.
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So now, i have all of this, but that is not even the annoying part. Did you know that The netherlands is 26% wich is a lot for a small land. And i always get this feeling when im staring into depths that something is waiting there, just waiting until i drown or make a mistake that could end it all in a matter of seconds.
So, you now know everything about my phobia, and also how terrefying it actually is for you to have it. So thank you for listening, and do not drown, please.
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great lore
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lol thx
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Bruh nobody comments on my things I'm depressed :(((((((((
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Then you should ask for ideas they would like, if i could suggest
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I contracted thalassaphobia after playing Subnautica in vr
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owch, thats rough
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Oke
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