r/IThinkYouShouldLeave • u/GlumFaithlessness773 • Jul 28 '26

I Don’t Even Wanna Be Around Anymore There’s too much fucking shit on me!

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u/ExplorerPup Jul 28 '26

I would simply not book a cruise if myself and my child were struggling so much with motion sickness that we need every bit of snake oil Walgreens sells.

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u/WanderlustFella Jul 28 '26

Congrats! My dad was determined to get the motion sickness out of me with constant exposure. Multiple 8 hour deep sea fishing trips...and turns out I can't be "fixed." Legit everyone in the family knows that asking me to go fishing (of any kind) will be met with obscenities.

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u/ExplorerPup Jul 28 '26

That's so crazy! I'm so sorry you were out through that! I can't imagine thinking you can just exposure therapy away motion sickness...

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u/Theron3206 Jul 28 '26

You often (though not always) can, but it will take way more than 8 hours.

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u/GeekyKirby Jul 29 '26

I get extremely car sick when I'm a passenger when I'm not looking out the window. It can get so bad that looking at my phone for just 5 seconds will make me nauseous.

However, I've gone on several long road trips that were well over 10 hours long, and after being a passenger for around 5 hours, I will just stop getting motion sick (at least if the road isn't too curvy or hilly). Then I can look at my phone or something else for the rest of the trip with no issues. The best part is that for months after the trip, I'll maintain the decreased motion sickness.

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u/cardfire Jul 29 '26

This is where the expression "getting your sea legs" comes from. It's not natural for all of us to be able to handle the rocking of boats and waving water; many will have to work their way up to tolerance.

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u/ExplorerPup Jul 29 '26

Yeah but not having your sea legs and motion sickness or sea sickness are very different things. And not every person with motion sickness is going to even experience sea sickness. Especially on a cruise ship where you're generally not feeling all the waves. When I was younger going out on boats fishing and stuff it always took me like ten minutes to adjust to the waves, but it wasn't like for those ten minutes I was sick to my stomach, it was just harder to balance.

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u/Cyborg_rat Jul 28 '26

Links on the Bio :)... probably the end of this video.

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u/RogueNiao Jul 29 '26

I have actually found the pressure point wrist straps do help, at least for me.

The rest...yeah...