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i know it sounds stupid,
but is there a name of the fear or phobia for being frightened of looking at the ocean on a map on the computer?

2007-09-17 05:50:12 · 9 answers · asked by Chocoholic 2 in Social Science Psychology

9 answers

what would google say?
...apparently:Thalassophobia

2007-09-17 05:58:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mark J 7 · 1 0

You could coin a new word for this phobia. Since the word "phobia" is Greek, any word connected to it should also be Greek. This rule gets broken frequently though:
"television" for instance, "tele" from Greek, meaning distant, and "vision from Latin", meaning a seeing.

Back to your question -- make up a word from the elements listed below. You could call it something like:
Cyber-okeano-phobia!

Here's the Greek word for "ocean" -okeanos
"Map" in Greek - geografikos chartis, schediazo, or kathorizo

Fear of computers (or working on computers) -cyberphobia

2007-09-17 06:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by more colours of Chloe 2 · 0 0

There are a lot of people who use self-talk to handle what is going on inside their minds. When self-talk is not monitored cautiously it can lead to drastic effects not only on one’s personality but also affects its mentality and psychology. Self-talk is a type of conversation which we conduct with ourselves. In literature we call it soliloquy. Brain’s reticular activating system never forgets what we repeat again and again. Ironically this system can not recognize what is beneficial to the individual and what is not. Think you can, think you can't; either way, you'll be right- a saying goes like this. Therefore when ever we ‘talk’ with ourselves, we should be cautious, very cautious in fact. There are a lot of audio programs which can help and there are a lot of online books. If I recall there is a book ‘self-talk solutions’ which is every effective in this scenario.

2007-09-17 10:03:23 · answer #3 · answered by b_banth 3 · 0 1

Thalassophobia — Fear of the sea or the ocean

2007-09-17 05:59:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Hydrophobia?
Mapophobia?

2007-09-17 05:58:01 · answer #5 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0 0

aqua is water
phobia is fear
so aqua phobia

2007-09-17 06:50:17 · answer #6 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 0 0

RAINDROP PHOBIA

2007-09-20 21:55:22 · answer #7 · answered by ken p 5 · 0 0

that is called being a virgin

2016-05-17 05:26:56 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

duhphobia ?

2007-09-17 06:06:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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