Aquaphobia amachokera ku Latin "aqua" kutanthauza "madzi" ndi kuchokera ku Greek "phobia" kutanthauza "mantha". Ndi phobia wamba. Amadziwika ndi mantha ndi mantha opanda nzeru a madzi. Matendawa, omwe nthawi zina amatchedwa hydrophobia, amatha kulepheretsa moyo watsiku ndi tsiku ndipo makamaka kulepheretsa zosangalatsa za munthu amene akudwala. Munthu amene akudwala aquaphobia nthawi zambiri sangathe kulowa m'madzi, ngakhale ali ndi mapazi, ndipo kukhala pafupi ndi malo amadzi kumakhala kovuta.

Kuopa madzi kumabweretsa mantha osalamulirika komanso kudana ndi madzi. Nkhawa imadziwonetsera m'madzi akuluakulu monga nyanja kapena nyanja, komanso m'malo amadzi olamulidwa ndi anthu monga maiwe osambira. Nthawi zina zovuta kwambiri, munthu wa aquaphobic sangathenso kulowa m'bafa.

Aquaphobia imadziwonetsera mosiyanasiyana mwa odwala osiyanasiyana. Koma siziyenera kusokonezedwa ndi kudziona ngati wosatetezeka chifukwa munthu sangathe kusambira kapena samamasuka ngati alibe phazi mwachitsanzo. Zowonadi, mumtundu uwu udzakhala funso la kukhudzidwa kovomerezeka osati kwa aquaphobia.

Zifukwa zomwe nthawi zambiri zimafotokozera mantha amantha akakula nthawi zambiri zimalumikizidwa ndi kupwetekedwa m'maganizo kuyambira ubwana:

• Kugwa mwangozi m'madzi;
• kumiza mu gulu la mwanayo;
• nkhani yochititsa chidwi inamveka pa chakudya;
• kapena kholo mwiniyo aquaphobic.

Nthawi zambiri vutolo limachitika pamene mwanayo satha kusambira, zomwe zimawonjezera kudziona kuti ndi wosatetezeka komanso wolephera kudziletsa. Kukankhidwira m’dziwe losambira mudakali wamng’ono kapena kusunga mutu wanu m’madzi kwa nthaŵi yaitali monga mbali ya “kuseŵera” kwa mwana nthaŵi zina kungasiya chizindikiro chake akadzakula.

Mawonetseredwe akuda nkhawa kwambiri pafupi ndi madzi amatha kudziwa kuti munthu ali ndi aquaphobia:

• Lingaliro lakukumana ndi kusambira kapena kupita kunyanja pabwato limakulowetsani mumkhalidwe wankhawa yamphamvu; 
• Pafupi ndi malo okhala ndi madzi kugunda kwa mtima wanu kumathamanga;
• Muli ndi kunjenjemera;
• Thukuta; 
• Kulira; 
• Chizungulire ;
• Mumaopa kufa

Kwa aquaphobes ena, kungowazidwa kapena kumva kugwa kwa madzi kungayambitse kupsinjika kwakukulu, zomwe zimapangitsa munthuyo kusiya zonse zomwe amakonda kuchita ndi madzi. 

Oteteza moyo amapereka maphunziro kwa akuluakulu omwe amasinthidwa kumadera osiyanasiyana a aquaphobia kuti athetse mantha awo a madzi. Makomiti ang'onoang'ono awa ndi otsegukiranso anthu omwe amangofuna kukhala omasuka padziwe. 

Aliyense wotenga nawo mbali, limodzi ndi katswiri, azitha kuwongolera chilengedwe chamadzi panjira yawoyawo chifukwa cha kupuma, kumizidwa ndi njira zoyandama. Pa maphunziro, aquaphobes ena adzatha kuyika mitu yawo pansi pa madzi ndikugonjetsa mantha akuya.

Lumikizanani ndi dziwe losambira la kwanuko kapena holo ya tauni kuti mudziwe ngati pali maphunziro osambira kapena maphunziro a aquaphobia pafupi ndi inu.

Thandizo lamakhalidwe ndi chidziwitso lingakhalenso lothandiza pakuwongolera pang'onopang'ono kulolerana ndizovuta komanso kuchepetsa nkhawa yokhudzana ndi mantha. 

Psychotherapy ingakhalenso yothandiza kumvetsetsa magwero a phobia ndikuchita bwino kuthana nayo.