Aquaphobia affects almost one in five people. It is an irrational, excessive and disproportionate fear of water that triggers intense stress, or even a real state of panic.
Therapies
Behavioral and cognitive (CBT) are today the mode of psychological management most widely recognized by all scienti fi c approaches.
These therapies act, as their name indicates, on behaviors not adapted to the everyday life and on the thoughts (the cognitions) associated with these unsuitable behaviors.
It is then a question of modifying an inappropriate behavior in order that the person improves as quickly as possible (the unsuitable actions are fought and eliminated, the adapted actions are favored and reinforced).
The purpose of this book is to explain to
what is aquaphobia, and especially to emphasize the fact that there are therapeutic methods that are adapted and very effective for
combat.
And in such a context, scuba diving can be
a very effective tool, whose practice will allow the subject to apprehend the big blue with a reassuring optics.
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Superb !!! From our side, during all our various “new technologies applied to the underwater world” projects, it has been revealed on several occasions that aquaphobic people who have taken the first step of the swimming pool, ask themselves to go. see “below”… First dive in a pool + Tryton seems to be a nice combination. Obviously, nothing replaces the sea and underwater life, but unfortunately many do not have access to it ... (http://www.virtualdive.com/tryton/)… To see during the diving fair in the central basin, and it would be a pleasure to meet there to discuss this book.
A big thank you to you Patrick !!! scuba-people.com was created for exactly that: to exchange - to discover - to share. Thanks again!
History to just specify the area:
One of the important points of the physical characteristics of this lake is that on 90% of its extent the bottom is at a depth of over 100 meters. The maximum depth is 706 meters for an average depth of 264 meters.
Le Lake Malawi is a lake byEast Africa, formerly known as Nyasa Lake, Lake Nyassa or Lake Niassa Mozambique. It is the southernmost of the lakes of the rift valley. Third African lake by size, it ranks fifth in the ranking of the world's great lakes in terms of volume. The shores of Lake Malawi are divided between three states: Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
A special feature of Lake Malawi is the exceptional richness of its aquatic fauna, which has more species than any other lake. The family of cichlids, in particular, almost completely endemic, is very represented, with more than a thousand different species estimated - we know today about 800. We find in this lake, for example, two well-known genera, the Pseudotropheus and Labeotropheus (commonly called Mbuna or M'buna), who are there endemic. These are fish very much appreciated by the aquarists for their colors worthy of marine species, and for their varied and interesting behavior.
This lake is subjected to strong temperature variations due to the regular rhythm of the seasonal cycles prevailing in this much more southern latitude than those of the lakes Tanganyika et Victoria.