Sabina's depression triggered a lot of anxiety disorders and the two main fears that developed into a phobia were thanatophobia or death anxiety, and thalassophobia or fear of large or deep bodies of water. Sabina got over her aquaphobia after a few months of therapy and soon she started having a normal life again while her therapy continued.
A month before her nineteenth birthday, her therapist has declared her clear and safe to explore and practice exposure therapy. She'd visit the sea from time to time but she never tried to swim in it. She'd read the obituary page in the newspaper to try and overcome her fear of discussing a person's death. She thought that these little steps are making her braver everyday but now she realizes that she wasn't ready like she ought to believe.
"I won
