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[Geraldine Ferraiz]

Iremember as a child going to the book shelf and looking at books about the ocean. My dad was a scuba diver and kept many books on the ocean and the marine life that lives within it. I specifically remember this one book which had images of the larger inhabitants of our ocean with deep, dark blue gradient backgrounds. Sometimes they would fade to black. These images made me very uneasy.

Finally, it can also be a fear of crashing at sea and large waves in the middle of the ocean. Films such as Life of Pi or The Perfect Storm can be tough to sit through for us Thalassophobes! Even the cover of the latter film is enough to make me question whether I should watch it.

While there is no formal way to diagnose someone for Thalassophobia in the medical world, there are ways you can test whether you have this fear of deep dark waters and what is possibly hiding beneath the surface. Thalassophobia has several subcategories, such as for example Megalohydrothalassophobia which is the fear of large things in the water.

Furthermore dive training starts in very shallow and clear water or even a swimming pool. Trust in the equipment is established before heading out for open water dives. We often refer to the Gulf of Thailand as a pond as it is a very shallow part of the ocean and most of our dive sites allow us to see the bottom while descending. There are lots of bright colorful reef fish which simple are not scary.

The first time I encountered a whaleshark I immediately knew that it would not harm me. It was a very humbling experience. So the question is how severe is your Thalassophobia? The general recommendation is to start to gradually expose yourself to what triggers your fear. A user on reddit suggested to make your desktop background an image that triggers your Thalassophobia. Maybe start swimming or snorkelling in clear water and work your way up to scuba diving.

Lionel quit his job in 2013 and bought a one way ticket to Asia. The plan was to travel for 3 months, then find work and live in London as an expat. On my travels I fell in love with diving and I am currently a Scuba Diving Instructor on a tiny island in Thailand. I also write on my diving blog over at down to scuba.

You're absolutely right that phobias are not rational, which is a good thing (the world would be a terrible place if it were as threatening as phobias say things are!) but also a bad thing (because you can't just tell yourself to calm down or that it's no big deal so stop freaking out; phobias doesn't respond to logic!).

I highly recommend looking into exposure therapy with a therapist who specializes in anxiety disorders (specifically in exposure therapy! NOT talk therapy!). It's the gold standard of anxiety treatment and is wildly successful, especially with phobias.

For the treatment of phobias, it often takes less than a handful of sessions for completely successful treatment. Which means you can get the help you need in order to fully live your life without anxiety calling the shots, and you'll be able not only to go to Thailand but also savor the experience without the phobia taking over (either in response to actual reptiles or the "what if" fear of reptiles).

I recommend searching either on Psychology Today's website for a therapist in your area or on the International OCD Foundation's website (any therapist who specializes in OCD has the training and skills to treat phobias).

I hate to rain on your plans, but reptiles, especially the lizards that range from itty-bitty geckos to water monitors, are a fact of life, not just in Thailand, but in most of SE and South Asia. When we were there, they were not an unusual sight both in Bangkok and in Phuket. So go ahead with the therapy to help you deal with your phobia before visiting.

I have only been to Bangkok and saw small geckos - there was even one in my hotel breakfast room. I don't know about larger reptiles or what it is like in the beach areas. But you have received some good advice about working out some things before spending a lot of time and money to go to a place and be worried the whole time. You also might post your question in the TripAdvisor or Reddit travel forums, as there may be more responses to your question. Best of luck!

You're unlikely to come across large reptiles and snakes, but it's definitely possible you'll see gekkos. I've lived in Thailand before, and we saw them daily. Much less likely in a high rise hotel, but quite likely in a resort. As pointed out in the other comments, they are actually good to have because they eat mosquitos, but that's not much consolation if you have a phobia.

While I actually really love reptiles, and they are my favorite branch of animals, and I actually look for them on trips, I am afraid of my upcoming trip to Vietnam in 2024 in one respect. I really want to avoid if possible seeing a "wet market." Maybe these are fewer and farther between than I think, but the idea of captured animals in tiny cages waiting to sold for consumption or some use of their parts fills me with panic and dread. My soul would really cry out if I saw one or had to walk through one. I have read that the selling of dogs for meat has been officially outlawed in Vietnam, but not well enforced. Just seeing birds in cages for sale would be hard. I know this represents a cultural difference on my part, but personally it would just be really upsetting.

I lived in Bangkok but spent a lot of time traveling- we were there during Covid and were working online, so had a chance to see a lot of the country. Snakes are a pretty rare sighting- I saw one (on my school's campus) during the time I was there. The monitor lizards come in all sizes but are very shy; they'll want to get away from you as much as you want to get away from them.

I saw them pretty regularly, but think once a month or so. If you stay away from ponds, lakes, and rivers/ streams (as well as khlongs- canals, where they're seen often) you likely won't see one.

If you go to Thailand, you will see geckos, however. It's important to know that. You may also see tokay, which are a larger (really loud) gecko. They are all friendly and keep bugs down but we always had a few geckos inside our house at any given time.

I've been to northern Thailand twice and Bangkok 3 times, total of about 4 weeks. Geckos don't bother me so if there were a few small ones, I never noticed them. I certainly never had any in my hotels in Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai. I never saw a snake (that I would remember) or any larger ones. I did get up close with elephants, less so with monkeys (they can be nasty).

Tokay aren't as common but you will most likely see geckos in both your hotels and restaurants, at some point on the trip. Hotel rooms won't be swarming with them but there really isn't a way to avoid them completely as they are part of the environment there.

Hmm. Now that I think of it, I haven't seen a lizard in an urban area here for years. Maybe the feral cats have eaten them all. They are still around in abundance, so I'm not concerned about extinction.

I have a severe phobia of needles, specifically medical needles. Lancets, syringes, and blood draws freak me out. Normally this would be a problem for an average person, as they only need 1-2 blood draws a year or less, however I am a uncontrolled type 2 diabetic.

My phobia has caused me to neglect medical attention as every time I go to the doctors they either force me to go get a blood draw (which is worst type of needle I can find) or trying to get me injectable medications. No matter how much I tell them of my fear they keep telling me my life is at stake and I should 'suck it up'. But that is the exact point. I'd rather die then go near a needle. I avoid pricking my finger and in fact haven't touched my blood meter in almost a year. I feel bad about lying to them, but I feel worse when looking at a needle.

My fear has also caused them to believe that I have high blood pressure, as every time they check my blood pressure they mention an A1C test and my blood pressure SKYROCKETS, and when I tell them this they just seem to brush it off.

My health while okay(?) for now is going to fail, my blood sugar (apparently) ranges around 450+ and my A1C is usually above a 8. Just for reference blood sugar should be less then 120 and your A1C should be less then 3. My doctors are baffled as I should be in a coma or even dead right now.

Nothing I have done seems to help, as taking medication (That is supposed to make me numb to the world) doesn't work until AFTER the blood draws and taking a tranq seems excessive. I have gotten my blood drawn 5 times in the past 2 years and every time I have either fainted, thrown up, or both on the attendants. Listening to music doesn't work, and I have even tried emersion therapy which only has made it worse.

I never used to have a problem with needles, but since my anxiety became evident, I couldn't even look at a needle (I still cant). Looking at needles makes me sick, even if I see a needle disposal container. I had an experience once where I almost passed out after leaving the office.

I feel for you. I didn't have a bad needle phobia, but if I watched them insert the needle when getting blood drawn I would get light headed. Once it was in I could watch them switch the tubes no problem.

I don't have anything specific monitored, but due to multiple health conditions, as well as attempting to get diagnoses and find out if I was a good candidate for certain treatments I've had numerous blood draws in the last few years.

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