Traveling is a means for anyone to relieve fatigue and tiredness in their routine. Resting the body and mind from the hustle and bustle of daily work in the last few months, we can end it by traveling to a place that offers restoration of the soul and body.
But it turns out, not everyone can easily accept traveling as a means of refreshment. Yes, some suffer from phobias or fears of things that smell like picnics, traveling, vacations, and so on. What kind of phobias bother certain people when it comes to traveling? Here Hipwee Travel summarizes the types of phobias that occur in travelers!
1. Thalassophobia, the term for those of you who are afraid of the sea. Wow, it’s not suitable to play at the beach, right?
Thalassophobia is not only afraid of the sea or the beach. But, when you are on a plane crossing the ocean, it will make you feel scared, so it can be categorized as having thalassophobia. Other fears can also be seen when you board a ship, and then cross from one island to another across the vast ocean as far as the eye can see.
How to get rid of this phobia? You can be on the beach all the time, playing with the waves, or even swimming on the beach’s edge.
2. Aerophobia and claustrophobia are phobias for those who are afraid of flying and heights. How about being invited to fly to Everest?
Aerophobia is a phobia that comes from claustrophobia (a phobia of heights). When you get on a plane and feel scared, you are definitely suffering from aerophobia. Therapy or meditation can help you overcome this acute fear. It’s hard; if you have aerophobia, you can’t fly anywhere. Sob!
3. Keep clean, anytime and anywhere! Mysophobia, fear of germs that stick anywhere
Anxiety can be experienced anywhere and anytime when you encounter various things that have the potential to be inhabited by many germs. For example, beds, corners of rooms, and other places that are normal for other people, but not for you. This anxiety is classified as mysophobia. The way to overcome it is by
- Always maintain cleanliness to stay hygienic
- Always wash your hands before handling anything
- Relaxation therapy, cognitive behavioral, and exposure
- Lifestyle changes
4. Maybe not just travelers, wherever you go, you will feel anxious. Enochlophobia is the term for those of you who are afraid of crowds.
This is quite a disturbing phobia. Eh, it does make you anxious. Yes, enochlophobia can be interpreted as a fear of crowds or crowds. Someone who has this phobia will feel anxious, restless, and always on edge. At the most severe level, it will feel short of breath or affect certain physical conditions.
What if you are invited to Malioboro or the airport? But don’t worry, this phobia can still be overcome by suggesting to yourself that nothing bad will happen to you in that crowd. Everything will be fine!
5. You are not suited to flying to remote areas. Because nomophobia is the fear of having difficulty accessing the telephone or internet.
Fear of having trouble accessing mobile phones and the internet? Wow, almost everyone must have anxiety about this, especially today’s young people (Gen Z), who can’t be separated from gadgets at all.
Yes, nomophobia is the fear of the difficulty of accessing a telephone or the internet in certain places, especially remote areas. You are not suited to flying to remote areas! But you can overcome your fear by gradually reducing the intensity of holding your gadgets. And the question is, do you want to start doing it? For example, doing a simulation at home alone. Just stay away from gadgets for 3 days. If you can do it for 3 days, then you will be able to face these worries in the future.
6. It is also not recommended for Zoophobia sufferers to travel to remote areas. Anxiety will peak when meeting various animals.
Just like nomophobia, those of you who suffer from zoophobia also cannot be taken to remote places. If nomophobia is afraid of not being able to access cellphones and internet networks, then zoophobia is generally afraid of all animals. Your fear will peak when you are taken to the zoo. Boom!
7. The most epic phobia ever for a traveler. Hodophobia is the fear of traveling. Huh?
The most epic phobia is homophobia, which is the fear felt by someone about traveling. How can you travel if you have a phobia about traveling? Before you go, you are already afraid. Anxious about what will happen during the trip, how you will be on the trip, and so on. People with this phobia will feel nauseous and dizzy with the trip they will go through. To overcome this, you just need to try traveling on a route that is not too far. For every successful trip, try to increase the distance you travel. And so on.
Well, those are some phobias that often occur in travelers. There is only one cure to overcome this phobia, which is by continuing to force what you are afraid of. Make peace, and fight your fear. They say “You attract what you fear” or one day you will attract what you are afraid of. In short, your fear can become a real thing if you always feel it continuously. So, let’s relax and think of good things when you are about to travel.
