Friday, January 19, 2018
In Class Assignment, Into the Depths by Alan Donoho
Growing up a favorite pastime of most children during the summer is to go swimming. For myself, going near a swimming pool was an absolute nightmare. This is caused by how many times I've almost drowned. I had countless number of swimming lessons to try and learn how to swim, however because of my asthma I have never been able to reach a level of ability high enough to make swimming easy for me. The fear I had developed also made it near impossible for me to try and learn how to swim. Eventually, I was able to conquer my fear at scout camp. I did this by counting up and then down before jumping into the water. Ever since then before I jump into any body of water I count to myself to prepare my mind for going under water. Aquaphobia is the fear of water. While my fear is not as extreme as having a breakdown when getting near water, I used to not be able to near swimming pools because of my fear of going under water.
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My cousins were always really scared of swimming and going into the water. This helps me understand a little bit of why they might have been so scared.
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I have a fear of water too but only pools.It's weird. I almost drowned so I guess that's a reason why I'm so fearful. Even when i'm not near a pool the smell of chlorine makes me feel like i'm drowning on land. Its great, I get nauseous, my fight or flight is activated, its great. The kicker though is that I'll still get in a swimming pool. #Callmeamasochist but bobbing in the pool is still fun.
ReplyDelete-Dianesa Sanon
Kathleen Paxtor: I actually really love the water.....but I can't swim. I try to swim. I actually love to float in the middle of the lake but I will admit that if I think about what is underneath me that I don't know or I can't see does freak me out.
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ReplyDeleteI completely understand your fear. I, too, have had near drowning experiences and have since been hesitant to enter any body of water. I only recently learned to swim, but it is still not easy to swim. Thank you for sharing!
-Aly Hernandez
After watching a Titanic documentary, I had this weird fear that suddenly the bottom of the pool would disappear and I would see that hulking wreak under me. So your fear makes total sense because it is actually plausible!
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