How many of you swim?? How many of you take to water like a fish?
And on the flip side, how many of you step into waist-deep water and feel like you have stepped on another planet?
I belong to the second category. I have probably been in waist-deep water about eight times in my whole life. And each of those times, I may as well have landed on Mars, as I was spooked to the core. Even if the water body was a swimming pool, I have been scared to quite an extent. If that were the case, you can imagine how I might feel if I were to be standing in a pond under a waterfall or in an ocean!
Here is the deal. It is not like I have never tried learning swimming. I did have a coach in my younger days (read 13 years ago) to teach me with the intricacies of swimming. In my mind's eye, I saw myself swimming like a champion. In reality, I stopped attending swimming class after 10 days into the course. The reason - I was mercilessly left to drown (I may be exaggerating here...) in the middle of the pool by my coach. I attended the classes zealously for a while. I enjoyed being in water (even though it was under the watchful eyes of my coach). And, he had to throw me in the middle of the pool!!
There began my hydrophobia. I have not been able to feel comfortable in water since. And it has been the cause of my anguish a lot of times now. Aaarrgghh...
And on the flip side, how many of you step into waist-deep water and feel like you have stepped on another planet?
I belong to the second category. I have probably been in waist-deep water about eight times in my whole life. And each of those times, I may as well have landed on Mars, as I was spooked to the core. Even if the water body was a swimming pool, I have been scared to quite an extent. If that were the case, you can imagine how I might feel if I were to be standing in a pond under a waterfall or in an ocean!
Here is the deal. It is not like I have never tried learning swimming. I did have a coach in my younger days (read 13 years ago) to teach me with the intricacies of swimming. In my mind's eye, I saw myself swimming like a champion. In reality, I stopped attending swimming class after 10 days into the course. The reason - I was mercilessly left to drown (I may be exaggerating here...) in the middle of the pool by my coach. I attended the classes zealously for a while. I enjoyed being in water (even though it was under the watchful eyes of my coach). And, he had to throw me in the middle of the pool!!
There began my hydrophobia. I have not been able to feel comfortable in water since. And it has been the cause of my anguish a lot of times now. Aaarrgghh...
2 comments:
hey!!! I had to, had to, comment on this one!! oh man! I can put the same damn post in my blog n with the same expressions and incidents (!! aint that something?! :D ) and call it mine! 13 yrs ago, my swimming coach scared me too n ever since i have been hydrophobic.. he he! will leave the rest for a later discussion.. c ya.. :)
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