tsuyoshi
Contributor
I recalled that in another thread someone had mentioned that mentioned diver mentality fallen into groups of of either "eager to dive" or those of "glad the dive was over."
Having been trapped physically twice as a kid made me somewhat claustrophobic. So my introduction to scuba especially OW certification was not all thrills but somewhat "glad the dive was over."
Now I managed AOW & still am fairly new diver at 60 dives, this "glad the dive was over" still haunts me; I thought I had moved on to the eager diver group... even though I don't have any cardiovascular or other physical impairment.
On the 60th dive, jumped with confidence into clear blue & warm South Pacific water at Indonesia. Vis was awesome for the Wall dive with hardly noticeable current. 20- 30 minutes later at the 15-20M zone in headache hits follow by slight nausea & shortness of breath, vision was slightly blurred.
I began to have an urge to get out of water. Signaled to guide 1/2 tank & ascent to shallow. Bad feeling went away for awhile but came back soon.
Really had to hold back the urge to rush out to finish safety stop then exit. Was relieved and mad at myself the same time about not enjoying this somewhat easy dive in such a nice place.
I'm still trying to trouble shoot that dive. The only remedies came to me was not pushing much beyond ones comfort level and be prepared with all aspects of the dive in order to handle surprises.
Any suggestions in this discussion is welcome!
Having been trapped physically twice as a kid made me somewhat claustrophobic. So my introduction to scuba especially OW certification was not all thrills but somewhat "glad the dive was over."
Now I managed AOW & still am fairly new diver at 60 dives, this "glad the dive was over" still haunts me; I thought I had moved on to the eager diver group... even though I don't have any cardiovascular or other physical impairment.
On the 60th dive, jumped with confidence into clear blue & warm South Pacific water at Indonesia. Vis was awesome for the Wall dive with hardly noticeable current. 20- 30 minutes later at the 15-20M zone in headache hits follow by slight nausea & shortness of breath, vision was slightly blurred.
I began to have an urge to get out of water. Signaled to guide 1/2 tank & ascent to shallow. Bad feeling went away for awhile but came back soon.
Really had to hold back the urge to rush out to finish safety stop then exit. Was relieved and mad at myself the same time about not enjoying this somewhat easy dive in such a nice place.
I'm still trying to trouble shoot that dive. The only remedies came to me was not pushing much beyond ones comfort level and be prepared with all aspects of the dive in order to handle surprises.
Any suggestions in this discussion is welcome!