Do You Get Travel Sick? My Story and Interesting Ways You Can Manage It
Don’t let it stop your adventures!
Do you get travel sick? Does it worry you before you set off on your journey? I know the feeling, I used to dread long journeys for fear of travel sickness, but over the years I’ve found ways to manage it and I’m here to share them with you!
Plane Sickness
I used to get extremely travel sick on long-haul flights. Mostly because I hated the smell of the plane food, it was so intense to me and I couldn’t escape it. I would spend the entire flight feeling nauseous and vomiting, which was bad enough for me but also for everyone sitting near me!
At 15 years old, I was on a 10-hour flight from London to Cancun with my parents. I was sick for the entire journey and couldn’t eat or drink anything. I was so weak at the end of the flight that my Mum requested assistance when we touched down in Cancun. The staff was kindly waiting with a wheelchair to help me get through customs as the queue there at the time was extremely long.
I was so grateful as I was feeling awful at this point.
When we eventually arrived at our hotel, I went into the bathroom to freshen up and instantly felt lightheaded. Frightened I would faint on the marble floor, I sat down quickly with my head between my legs.
Dehydration and lack of food during the flight definitely put a toll on my body.
During the same holiday, we went to a nature reserve and as we were walking around I started to feel lightheaded again. My Dad was pointing out a big green turtle to me when my legs buckled underneath me and I sat down hard on the ground. Again, I think this was mainly due to dehydration and because I wasn’t used to the heat.
It’s a funny feeling, fainting. Firstly I see spots in my eyes, like when you press your eyelids too hard and you see lots of coloured dots. Then my tongue starts to tingle like I’m eating Space Dust and it goes numb. Then it’s all black.
Fortunately, I am now much more hydrated than when I was younger, I drink water religiously every day and I haven’t had an episode of fainting for a long time.
I digress…
Ways To Avoid Air Travel Sickness:
- Distract yourself! There are plenty of movies and TV series to entertain you
- Bring your own snacks so you don’t have to eat the plane food if you don’t want to
- Drink plenty of water
- Bring an eye mask and ear plugs so you can fall asleep easier — if you’re asleep you won’t feel sick
- Try not to think about it (easier said than done, I know). Say to yourself that you will have a great flight and that you’re going to feel perfectly fine — manifest it!
Seasickness
Sometimes I get seasick too if it’s really rough. I was on a small cruise with my parents when we came to some rough seas. Glasses were toppling over and even the staff were getting seasick. They were very kind though and gave me the best tip:
If you’re feeling seasick, sit down outside on the deck and eat green apples and salted crackers.
I don’t know if it was the placebo effect working its magic or if it has some scientific reasoning behind it, but it bloody worked!!
It was like magic, I stopped feeling nauseous within minutes! Never mind those pulse point bracelets or seasickness tablets, get yourself some green apples and salted crackers and you’ll be right as rain! 😆
I’ve told this to so many people over the years in the hopes to help at least one person overcome seasickness. It’s a handy tip to know!
Travel sickness can taint your holiday, so take all the precautions you can if you know you’re susceptible to it!
Do you get travel sick? If so, let me know in the comments how you deal with it!
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Thanks for reading!
T
