Potapko
Contributor
I think it'd be more accurate to say that you were narc'd but that you had dived enough to build up a mental adaptation that allowed you to function narc'd at that depth. Humans are quite adaptable in terms of training our bodies and minds to function on autopilot ... but that adaptation doesn't change our physiology.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
This seems to eventually come up in every discussion I have with divers here in Czech. They tell me they are acclimated and are not narc'd. So we go in circles a few times before dropping it.
I am like Bill in that I work up to deeper dives over a couple days at least. If there is a wreck we want to see at 50 meters. I'll want to do at least one dive to between 30-40 and preferably several.
Unfortunately for me I have never experienced "the rapture of the deep"
I always experience negative feelings from high pp of nitrogen. If I work up to it, I don't notice it as much.
I worry about the ones that tell me they have never been narc'd. Even though they dive regularly to over 30 meters.
My max dive was to 60 meters and I tried to take a picture. I thought I held the camera steady. After the dive I looked at it. LOL
My personal planned max depth for air is now about 50 meters. ymmv