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Causes Of Thalassophobia

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In the Greek language, "Thalassa" means "sea" and "Phobos" means "fear". Thalassophobia is an intense and persistent fear of the sea or of sea travel. It makes you panic to think about going to the beach and you get nervous just to see the sea. Affected people from this phobia are afraid to even imagine what is under water and to see images where a large body of water appears.

It is unimaginable for the affected person to bathe on the beach, to approach the shore alone and to dare to travel by boat. It's more than just getting the fear for a minute when you first jump it, it's an all-encompassing feeling of dread that doesn't leave any room for enjoyment. For the person with Thalassophobia, the water is not his friend. It is an extremely stressful …show more content…

One may get this fear of the sea because of watching movies which have sharks and other dangerous aquatic creatures attacking people. Watching these movies frequently can have a bad effect on the mind.

Another reason that a person may be afraid of the sea is because of having bad experiences in the past. In childhood or even in other stages of life, the person might have experienced a difficult situation in the sea that has caused much fear and shock. For instance, these situations can be

Swimming on the beach and having been dragged by the tide.
About to drown.
Have suffered a storm on board a ship.
Also, some people may have begun to develop that fear by having witnessed some scenarios where another person was in danger in the sea or seen a movie where there were sharks or animals in the water attacking people.
The lack of information about the sea or what exists in the deep sea is another cause of this fear. A person in this situation gets the wrong idea about what can be found in the sea, for example, he may think that dangerous animals can be found on the beach, even in shallow

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