## Spanish
Hola a todos, desde pequeña algunas fobias me han acompañado, haciendo situaciones graciosas que me recuerda mi mamá o en otros casos que he tenido que dejar o superar casi que de manera involuntaria debido a varias razones. Para empezar, puedo decir que algunas de mis fobias, con las que he convivido y he estado clara de que están presentes, son a la soledad, a las cucarachas y sobre todo a las arañas.
Para comenzar, aunque de niña era ese típico que llegaba a jugar con algunos insectos, la verdad era que era algo asustadiza, pero la cosa era que en algunos casos, si hay personas presentes o sé con tiempo que hay presencia de algo que me dé fobia, puedo controlar la reacción; diría entonces que una fobia que llegue de manera sorpresiva me deja totalmente frágil y temblando.
Y justamente con esto hay una anécdota que cuenta mi mamá de manera constante y es sobre una vez que, estando como a los 10 años en la cocina de mi casa, al ser en esos tiempos de lámina, de la nada apareció una culebra de esas que llaman morrona. Podría decirse que sí le tengo fobia a las culebras o serpientes, pero no es tan fuerte y, en este caso, al ser de mis primeros contactos con una de estas, no pasó ni 3 segundos cuando estaba al otro extremo de mi casa, montada en mi cama, y no solo yo, sino mi padre también, ya que la manera sorpresiva en la que esta salió me dejó en shock.
Mi madre cuenta esta historia de manera muy graciosa, porque de la nada, como quien dice, abandonamos el barco; sin embargo, actualmente es algo que puedo controlar con respecto a lo que son las culebras. Ahora bien, en algunos casos he tenido que, como quien dice, amacharme ante una fobia. Fue en una ocasión con una expareja donde ambos teníamos esta fobia a arañas y cucarachas, pero en un tiempo de convivencia, llegados a un punto, siempre me quedaba sola afrontando cuando aparecía una araña enorme y con las cucarachas salía corriendo, por lo que me tocó hacer de tripas corazón y dejar el miedo y encargarme de las cucarachas.
Aunque me hubiera gustado ser yo la que se sentía protegida, esto hizo un momento positivo, ya que esa fobia la pude superar en gran parte; aún me asustan, pero no tanto como antes, y bueno, también recientemente descubrí otra en relación con lo que mencioné de momentos sorpresivos, puesto que en una noche lluviosa entró una rana a mi cuarto y el miedo fue tal al darme cuenta que mi hermana tuvo que encargarse, puesto que yo estaba temblando; no era en sí por la rana, que sí era enorme, sino más bien porque sentía que en cualquier momento me brincaría y eso me aterraba.
Ahora sí, luego de lo simple y sencillo, les compartiré mi mayor fobia y esta apareció en mí de manera poco común y esta es la talasofobia, que es ese temor a las profundidades en mar o sitios con agua que no conocemos. Verán, esto es muy curioso, puesto que solo dos veces he ido a la playa y para ese tiempo ya la tenía y la sigo teniendo. Esto me comenzó desde niña luego de ver una película de Anaconda; por muy alocado que suene, la cosa es que para ese entonces había unos tanques de agua en el patio y luego de ver esa película, cada que tenía que ir a buscar agua a ver todo oscuro, me entraba ese miedo de no saber qué había adentro y, por ende, me era imposible moverme o acercarme del miedo.
Esta fobia es muy curiosa porque en tanques de agua grandes y oscuros literalmente no puedo ni verlos, pero mi abuela tiene unos rojos donde se filtra la luz y fácilmente puedo; sin embargo, he llegado a estar en bordes donde hay agua o una salida a un río con mi amigo y parecía garrapata abrazada porque me daba miedo nada más imaginar que algo saldría. Cerca de allí hay una represa y para mí eso es zona roja; ni he subido por el simple miedo, pavor, podría decirse que es mi criptonita, pero aún no logro en este caso cómo trabajar esa fobia.
Así que bueno, esto es más un poco de mí con estas fobias y anécdotas que me han pasado y siguen pasando y, bueno, claro que hay que afrontarlas y en mi caso con la talasofobia más. Así que bueno, espero sea de su agrado y muchas gracias por leer.
## English Hello everyone, since I was little, some phobias have accompanied me, leading to funny situations that my mom reminds me of, or in other cases that I've had to let go of or overcome almost involuntarily for various reasons. To start, I can say that some of my phobias, which I've lived with and have been clear about, are those of loneliness, cockroaches, and especially spiders. To begin with, although as a child I was that typical person who would play with insects, the truth is that I was somewhat skittish. But the thing is, in some cases, if there are people present or I know ahead of time that something I'm phobic about is present, I can control my reaction. I'd say that a phobia that comes on suddenly leaves me completely fragile and trembling. And precisely with this, there's an anecdote my mom tells constantly, about a time when I was about 10 years old in the kitchen of my house, which was made of tin foil back then, and out of nowhere, a snake, one of those called "morrona," appeared. You could say I do have a phobia of snakes, but it's not that strong, and in this case, since it was one of my first encounters with one of these, it wasn't even three seconds before it was at the other end of my house, perched on my bed. Not just me, but my father too, since the sudden way it appeared left me in shock.
My mother tells this story in a very funny way, because out of nowhere, so to speak, we abandoned ship; however, these days, it's something I can control when it comes to snakes. Now, in some cases, I've had to, so to speak, buckle under a phobia. It was once with an ex-partner where we both had this phobia of spiders and cockroaches, but during a time when we were living together, at one point, I was always left alone facing when a huge spider appeared and with the cockroaches I ran away, so I had to bite the bullet and let go of my fear and take care of the cockroaches.
Although I would have liked to be the one who felt protected, this was a positive moment, as I was able to largely overcome that phobia. They still scare me, but not as much as before. And well, I also recently discovered another one related to what I mentioned about surprising moments. One rainy night, a frog entered my room, and I was so scared when I realized it that my sister had to take charge, since I was trembling. It wasn't because of the frog itself, which was enormous, but rather because I felt it would jump out at any moment, and that terrified me.
Now, after the simple and straightforward details, I'll share with you my biggest phobia, which appeared in me in an unusual way. It's thalassophobia, which is that fear of deep waters or places with water that we don't know. You see, this is very strange, since I've only been to the beach twice, and by that time I already had it, and I still have it. This started when I was a child after watching the movie Anaconda. As crazy as it sounds, the thing is that back then there were water tanks in the yard, and after watching that movie, every time I had to go get water and see everything was pitch black, I would get this fear of not knowing what was inside, and therefore, I was unable to move or go near them out of fear.
This phobia is very strange because I literally can't even see large, dark water tanks, but my grandmother has red ones where the light filters in, and I can easily do so. However, I've been to edges where there's water or an outlet to a river with my friend, and I felt like I was hugged by a tick because I was scared just imagining something coming out. There's a dam nearby, and for me, that's a red zone. I haven't even climbed in there out of simple fear, terror. You could say it's my kryptonite, but I still haven't figured out how to work through that phobia.
So, this is a little bit more about me with these phobias and anecdotes that have happened to me and continue to happen, and, well, of course, they have to be faced, and in my case, even more so with thalassophobia. So, I hope you like it, and thank you very much for reading.
Así que bueno, esto es más un poco de mí con estas fobias y anécdotas que me han pasado y siguen pasando y, bueno, claro que hay que afrontarlas y en mi caso con la talasofobia más. Así que bueno, espero sea de su agrado y muchas gracias por leer.
## English Hello everyone, since I was little, some phobias have accompanied me, leading to funny situations that my mom reminds me of, or in other cases that I've had to let go of or overcome almost involuntarily for various reasons. To start, I can say that some of my phobias, which I've lived with and have been clear about, are those of loneliness, cockroaches, and especially spiders. To begin with, although as a child I was that typical person who would play with insects, the truth is that I was somewhat skittish. But the thing is, in some cases, if there are people present or I know ahead of time that something I'm phobic about is present, I can control my reaction. I'd say that a phobia that comes on suddenly leaves me completely fragile and trembling. And precisely with this, there's an anecdote my mom tells constantly, about a time when I was about 10 years old in the kitchen of my house, which was made of tin foil back then, and out of nowhere, a snake, one of those called "morrona," appeared. You could say I do have a phobia of snakes, but it's not that strong, and in this case, since it was one of my first encounters with one of these, it wasn't even three seconds before it was at the other end of my house, perched on my bed. Not just me, but my father too, since the sudden way it appeared left me in shock.
So, this is a little bit more about me with these phobias and anecdotes that have happened to me and continue to happen, and, well, of course, they have to be faced, and in my case, even more so with thalassophobia. So, I hope you like it, and thank you very much for reading.