I-Aquaphobia ivela kwelesiLatini elithi "aqua" elisho "amanzi" nelisuka kwelesiGreek elithi "phobia" elisho "ukwesaba". Kuyi-phobia evamile. Kubonakaliswa ukwethuka nokwesaba amanzi okungenangqondo. Lokhu kuphazamiseka kokukhathazeka, kwesinye isikhathi okubizwa nge-hydrophobia, kungakhubaza empilweni yansuku zonke futhi kuthikameze kakhulu ukuzijabulisa komuntu ohlushwa yikho. Umuntu ohlushwa i-aquaphobia ngokuvamile ngeke akwazi ukungena emanzini, ngisho noma enezinyawo, futhi ukuba seduze nendawo ehlala emanzini kuzoba inselele.

Ukwesaba amanzi kubangela ukwesaba okungalawuleki kanye nokungathandi amanzi. I-Anxiety disorder ibonakala emanzini amakhulu njengolwandle noma echibini, kodwa nasezindaweni zasemanzini ezilawulwa abantu njengamachibi okubhukuda. Kwezinye izimo ezinzima, umuntu one-aquaphobic naye akakwazi ukungena kubhavu.

I-Aquaphobia izibonakalisa ngamazinga ahlukahlukene ezigulini ezihlukene. Kodwa akufanele kudidaniswe nomuzwa nje wokungazethembi ngoba umuntu akakwazi ukubhukuda noma azizwe ekhululekile uma engenalo unyawo ngokwesibonelo. Ngempela, kulolu hlobo lwecala kuyoba umbuzo wokukhathazeka okusemthethweni hhayi we-aquaphobia.

Izizathu ezingase zichaze kakhulu ukwesaba amanzi lapho usumdala zivame ukuxhunyaniswa nokuhlukumezeka kwengqondo okusukela ebuntwaneni:

• Ukuwela emanzini ngephutha;
• ukuminza phakathi kwengane;
• indaba emangazayo ezwakale ngesikhathi sokudla;
• noma umzali ngokwakhe one-aquaphobic.

Kuvamile ukuthi ukuhlukumezeka kwenzeke lapho ingane ingakakwazi ukubhukuda, okugqamisa nakakhulu umuzwa wokungazethembi nokulahlekelwa ukuzibamba. Ukuphushelwa echibini lokubhukuda usemncane noma ukugcina ikhanda lakho lingaphansi kwamanzi isikhathi eside njengengxenye “yokudlala” kwengane ngezinye izikhathi kungase kushiye uphawu lapho usumdala.

Ukubonakaliswa kokukhathazeka okungafani eduze kwamanzi kunganquma ukuthi umuntu une-aquaphobia:

• Umqondo wokubhekana nokubhukuda noma ukuphuma uye olwandle ngesikebhe ukuphonsa esimweni sokukhathazeka okunamandla; 
• Eduze kwendawo yasemanzini izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo yakho liyashesha;
• Unokuthuthumela;
• Izithukuthuku; 
• Ukubhuza; 
• Isiyezi ;
• Uyakwesaba ukufa

Kwamanye ama-aquaphobes, iqiniso nje lokuchaphazwa noma ukuzwa ukugeleza kwamanzi kungabangela isimo sokucindezeleka okukhulu, okuholela umuntu enqabe zonke izinto zokuzilibazisa ezihlobene namanzi. 

Abaqaphi banikeza izifundo zabantu abadala abajwayele amazinga ahlukene e-aquaphobia ukuze banqobe ukwesaba kwabo amanzi. Lezi zikhathi zamakomiti amancane zivulekele abantu abafuna nje ukukhululeka endaweni yokubhukuda. 

Umhlanganyeli ngamunye, ephelezelwa uchwepheshe, uzokwazi ukulawula indawo yasemanzini ngejubane lakhe ngenxa yokuphefumula, ukucwiliswa kanye namasu okuntanta. Phakathi nezifundo, amanye ama-aquaphobes azokwazi ukubeka amakhanda awo ngempumelelo ngaphansi kwamanzi futhi anqobe ukwesaba ukujula.

Xhumana ne-swimming pool yangakini noma ihholo ledolobha ukuze uthole ukuthi zikhona yini izifundo zokubhukuda noma izifundo ze-aquaphobia eduze nawe.

Ukwelashwa kokuziphatha kanye nokwengqondo kungasebenza futhi ekuthuthukiseni kancane kancane ukubekezelelana ezimweni ezicindezelayo kanye nokunciphisa izinga lokukhathazeka okuhlobene nokwesaba. 

I-Psychotherapy ingaba usizo ekuqondeni umsuka we-phobia futhi ngaleyo ndlela uphumelele ukuyinqoba.