People here who overcame their "fear" of water?

[CrystalMinds]

I'm not a big fan of going swimming but, unfortunately, I'm in a training that plans a few swimminglessons this year.
All I remember of my experience with water is almost drowning or not making it back up easy, as in: getting under water but an object blocks my way of making it back up.
So now my swimming lessons are hell. I'm in a class of 44 people, divided in two groups during the lessons, so in a group of 22 for a quarter of the poolspace so we're a bit close to eachother.

Anyways, I won't bother with other information, but my question is: if any of you had a fear of going deep in the water, how did you get over that?

Updates

+1 y

I know how to swim, so that's not the issue. My training isn't swimming it's something else but I have a few lessons that are called "swimming lessons", they just say "do this" and we should do it, if it works or not that doesn't matter.

[Phantom-menace]

The only way you will overcome the fear of water, or swimming in deep water, is by taken swimming lessons like yourself. Once you become a good swimmer, and confident your ability your fear of deep water won't bother you as much.

The reason you are afraid of deep water, is because you can't swim. I wouldn't worry to much, your doing the right thing by taking swimming lessons, they help you, and you will be safe. I don't think they will make swim in deep water if they think you will drown. Just take your time in learning to swim, and eventually your fear of swimming in deep will go away in time.

Your only afraid of drowning at the moment, is because your not a good swimmer at the moment. Just keep going to your lessons, and your confidence will eventually grow as time goes on. When you go for your swimming lessons they will not make you swim in deep water first, especially if they know you can't swim in the first place. They will just teaching you the basics of kicks and teaching how to float in water. You have nothing to worry about, they are professionals, they will help you. When you go for your lessons, just let them know, your fears.

[Phantom-menace]

The first to do, is be confident in swimming in shallow first. The reason why many people drown in water, is because they don't know how to kick properly. Kicking is everything when learing to swim. If you can't properly, you will drown.

[CrystalMinds]

I know how to swim...

[Phantom-menace]

I think then your letting past experience bother you to much. The only to overcome fear, is do it. The saying goes feel the fear and do it anyway. When you get stuck under water, you should never panic. It is the worst thing to do it. Just calm and think of way to get back. Your problem is you panic and it made much harder for yourself, to get back.

[CrystalMinds]

That's the problem, yeah. I probably think too much. It's just that, in the few swimmingclasses I have, I don't have time to think how to do it, they just let you do it and that's that. I'm thinking about going swimming with a friend a few times a week, and doing things one step at a time, taking my time and getting used to it. Now it's just jumping into the water, diving and what not, things I'm not a fan of.

[Phantom-menace]

yeah just take your time. you will be alright. just stay calm. remember not every experience is going to be the same. if you don't feel comfortable doing it, don't do it. start off shallow first if need be.

[Phantom-menace]

to be honest there is no easy way for you get over this. the only way to beat fear, is just to do it.

[Rangatang]

I agree with the FBI guy, anything bigger than you in the water cannot be trusted +octopi. Bullshit that killer whales have never attacked humans on record, they just never had the chance. I'll be damned the day any creature with the guts to take a bite out of a whale doesn't dare take a bite out of me... I fear the ocean.

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend has a fear of water (but he can't swim unlike you so I think his fear may be worse). I think it's so weird, but he dips his head in water to conquer his fear. Like he gets a bowl of water and puts his head in it for as long as possible or when he takes a bath he goes underneath the water as long as he can to prove to himself that he won't drown.

That's just what he does, but like I said I don't think you're nearly as bad as he is since you actually learned how to swim. He's still kinda afraid of that

[CrystalMinds]

Yeah, sounds pretty bad if you're afraid of water and aren't able to swim. His idea is good I think, that's what I did on Sunday, swim a bit and put my head under water. I'm going swimming tomorrow with goggles, hoping this will help a bit since I'll be able to see underneath the water which would give me more control.

[findingdreamland]

Water is not your enemy, but fear is. There is a way to beat it. Just face to your fears. Jump into the water. The real enemy is yourself and your non existence
scenarios in your head.

[BertMacklinFBI]

yeah i got a fear, fear of fucking sharks! fuck that shit. otherwise im chillin the water:D i learned to swim by getting pushed into a pool hahaa

[CrystalMinds]

I know how to swim though, and no sharks in the pool, thank god or I'd quit, haha

[BertMacklinFBI]

hahaa omgee i srsly like cringe so hard! if i even see a shark! i hate them! i think im so scurred because of how useless and helpless i am in the ocean when a shark has full mobility and it can have its way with me! im utterly fucked lol.

[CrystalMinds]

Lol, I know how you feel, but I don't even need a shark for that :')

[BertMacklinFBI]

well trust me you'll learn to swim in no time, its just practice. practice practice.

[CrystalMinds]

I know how to swim, like I said, I just have a fear when I have to dive or get completely under water.

[BertMacklinFBI]

damit see I should've read thoroughly hahaa. mahh bad :D well okay you will learn to be like a mermaid in time, practice practice practice hahaa

[Hans222]

I lost my fear of water when I learned to swim... once I knew how not to sink it just disappeared.
Probably the best thing to do is to oblige yourself to do some longer swimming sessions... just do it and be careful. The more used you get to being in the water in an uneventful way, the more comfortable you'll start to feel :-)

[theperfectdater]

Fear is an illusion. There is real danger in the water of course. But YOU are scaring yourself with 'fear' that doesn't even exist.