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Is there a medical disease or psychological disorder that can prevent you from going near the ocean?
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Fear: Psychological terms are hydrophobia & aquaphobia. Dynamics could involve past scary experiences involving water in open spaces or accident in areas where there was water, such as near drowning.
Answered 2/13/2013
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