RE: Submerged/sunken man-made object phobia.
September 7, 2012 at 9:00 pm
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2012 at 9:03 pm by Anomalocaris.)
I used to have no fear whatsoever of water, objects in water, or submersion. Did stupid things like scuba diving without partner or certification. Try to dive under or through anythings I can whenever I can
Then I thought it wise to get my self certified. During the open water dive the instructor brought the wrong wetsuit, and miscalculated the weights. So I had to make to with a woman's suit that was tight in all the wrong places and which constricted my rib cage's expansion, saddled with about 15 lbs of extra lead weight. I had to keep pumping up the BCD to stay afloat, and I could barely breath due to wetsuit constriction. I almost drowned. I acquired a reluctance to go diving for the next 5 years.
Even now, although I am out and about with scuba gear once more, I don't feel quite so completely at ease and carefree in water as I had been before the little incident. Fear of water is like bicycling. Once you acquire it, it never completely go away.
Then I thought it wise to get my self certified. During the open water dive the instructor brought the wrong wetsuit, and miscalculated the weights. So I had to make to with a woman's suit that was tight in all the wrong places and which constricted my rib cage's expansion, saddled with about 15 lbs of extra lead weight. I had to keep pumping up the BCD to stay afloat, and I could barely breath due to wetsuit constriction. I almost drowned. I acquired a reluctance to go diving for the next 5 years.
Even now, although I am out and about with scuba gear once more, I don't feel quite so completely at ease and carefree in water as I had been before the little incident. Fear of water is like bicycling. Once you acquire it, it never completely go away.
