I was talking to a guy tonight about trying to get my dog to swim. He got all uppity about it saying he'd never do that since he can't swim himself and is afraid of swimming. It made me think...quite a few people have told me that lately. I found out one of my good friends is afraid of water. How the hell is this possible?! Swimming is amazing! I taught it for a few years and lifeguarded for a few more...I don't understand this nonsense of not swimming!
i can't imagine it personally. i suppose if you've never had access to swimable water then it only makes sense.
I'm not good at it, lol. But I like doing it anyway...in water that I can see my feet in. I have this irrational fear of water I can't see the bottom of. I will be getting over that fear in a week, but I bought those goofy ugly water shoes to protect my feetsies a little.
I almost drown in Myrtle Beach when I was like 11-12, jelly fish got me... For months after that I couldnt go into a cold water pool and come back out to the heat. I would just pass out. a few times I passed out over the pool and fell back in needed lifeguard. they kicked me out of city pool cause risk, but I would get in most the time. them old bitches at the gate never paid attention anyways. I never quit swimming tho.. even though I was scared to drown most the time. I happened to be with a friends family and passed out in the Allegheny river at the Kinzu dam, before I come to, they already called amberlamps.. It was lulz.
I can understand if something happened to someone...I mean, the jellyfish thing would probably freak me out, although I have been stung but my skin reacted in some weird way where the pain wasn't as bad. I guess I have tough skin or something. Being in water is better than just a work out...its good for your soul!
I was terrified of deep water as a kid. But the other kids made fun of me so much I eventually learned to swim just to avoid ridicule. I know a couple of people that can't swim but it is always a little weird, like how do you have this giant gap of knowledge?
This is one of my fears actually, swimming in the ocean. Where im at if i want i just jump in a part of the river that has a current and ill never move from that one spot. Jumping into deep waters with god knows what underneath me is scary. I went to hawaii when i was 13 and we went out to this one cove that was calm and we could swim around. It was a good football size of easy water to smin around in. Only it was super fucking deep, and the water is very clear at the top. I could see some fishes here and there and that was cool but when i looked down down...it got dark and i could already telll a temptuare difference from my feet and my neck..so down down its super fucking cold..... Yea i didn't like it and i got out of the water. Im still like that. Deep waters no thanks ill park myself on the beach.
I had a cousin hold my head under when i was young it took over 20 years to get past that I just realised now that I didnt start swimming again until after that cousin died I can swim just fine but due to medical shit I prefer to have my feet touching bottom...if I want to go out further I put on a life jacket
i suck at swimming, even though, i just love being in the water, not only the water, but that whole beach feel you know too bad where i live now theres no beach, hopefully one day ill get the fuck out of here, and move some beach city, you know, live on a house near the beach, summer all year, what a dream man
A lot of people I know are afraid of water beneath them when they can't reach the bottom. I'd say don't worry about and just do it, except there have been a lot of sharks around lately, so it might be a smart idea. Unless you wanna become friends with the shark...then you'd probably be the coolest person you know. "Yeah, I'm best friends with a shark." That is cool stuff.
LOL i swim every night some months...In a pool that is, a indoor one...I love it, its when sharks and giant squids creep into my mind that i start getting scared...I have swam in a week id say, still kinda freaks me out lol
i had a dream last week that someone told me i shouldnt go swimming far out because the tides will drag me. (it happened to be a day after i went to the beach swam way out had a great time no big deal) i was caught in some kind of riptide when i was about 7-8. i was swimming as fast as i could and i was just staying in place, i couldnt make up any ground for about 5 minutes swimming as fast as i could. my sisters werent far from me but they didnt know i was in trouble and i was using all my energy just to not get pulled back any further so i didnt call to them for help. after that 5 minutes or so of staying in the same place i slowly made a little progress and after about another minute of making slow progress a wave caught me and launched me forward a few feet and broke me from being pulled out. i only know one person at least in their teens that cant swim and like the OP it baffles me, i mean even before my first lesson in summer camp i could at least stay above water and move. but i heard a quote one time that said athletes dont have an understanding of what its like to not be able to do what they do.
I'm happy that I don't have dreams telling not to do things, because I would do them just to check it...
The trick to riptides is to not move. I know...its weird...but very slow movement will get you out of it...slowly kicking off the bottom will push you through the current. Trust me, I know this stuff...I had to get out and pull people out a zillion riptides
your telling me, im going to the beach Saturday and i cant get it out of my head is this a sign or just my subconscious thinking of that time 30 years ago when i was tiny and couldn't swim to save my life.....well could barely swim to save my life.
