The first layer is that the nausea spot on the wrist is an acupuncture point. It is easy to find a slew of scientific studies apparently confirming that there is an on/off switch for nausea on the wrist, but digging into this literature requires layers of interpretation. A bit of pressure on the wrist sounds nicer. Sure, drugs exist that claim to relieve nausea, but they don’t always work well and many cause drowsiness. There are even expensive electronic bracelets that will stimulate this spot with the right vibrations. Specialty bracelets, like Sea-Band, can be purchased for this purpose: their stretchable band has a plastic dome stitched on the inside and the dome’s pressure on the wrist is said to do the trick. There is a spot on the wrist that, when pressed, is alleged to stop nausea in its tracks. Some people will argue that my torment could have been prevented by the wise use of my wrists. The weather was so bad, even the whales decided not to show up. I vomited not just once but twice and spent hours on the deck of the boat, getting thoroughly soaked and feeling like I just needed to get off. Thus began one of the worst days of my life. A boat, they concluded, is supposed to move horizontally on a body of water, not vertically. The first couple of big waves were actually fun, but very quickly my brain and my gut decided that they weren’t fun anymore. The weather conditions were dodgy, but our skipper decided to go ahead with the whale watching expedition. A few years ago, I found myself on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean.
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