Thalassophobia!

Have you tried having her swim in the ocean a few times?

"Lazzial;c-17834925" wrote:
Have you tried having her swim in the ocean a few times?

Ooh no. I haven’t does that work? I will give it a try. It’s the first time I’ve had a sim with this phobia.

It seems to have gone away on it’s own. Thank goodness. I thought I was going to have to move to another house.

I had a sim like that a few weeks ago. Her thalassophobia got so bad that she refused to do even the most basic things involving water, such as laundry and washing dishes in the sink. Showering still worked for some reason. I don't know where it came from or where it went, but one day it was just gone.

She did go swimming in the ocean a couple of times because that was the only way for her as an elder to keep in shape and build the fitness skill without dying, so exposure therapy might indeed have something to do with it.

I have a squeamish sim with thalassophobia. I assumed he got the thalassophobia from the squeamish trait because he also gets creeped out by puddles made when sinks break down.

My sim has it too, I like it. There should be more phobias, not just this.

I did not know this was more than a one-off occurence, delighted to discover it's not. Wish there were more things like this to give Sims depth of character.

"Wolfium;c-17835008" wrote:
My sim has it too, I like it. There should be more phobias, not just this.

I like the idea too, just not that my sim keeps getting scared even when there is no water around. She keeps staring at the floor/pavement/close table and go "oh! the ocean is so deep". Could we keep it to happening when she's by the ocean? Or at least near water of some kind?

But yes, more phobias and fears in general, as long as they make sense.

I wish they made phobias as traits so we can choose them in cas and have some Sims with permanent phobias.

It's a bug for it to get stuck and happen all the time, even when not by the water. Swimming in the ocean can reset whatever got stuck and solve the problem.
I'd enjoy the phobia if it was triggered by something like seeing a shark or having a mermaid use powers on you, and then specifically applied to the ocean, but when it just randomly pops up it's just an annoying bug.