Okay, just getting going here. My husband has been wanting to get certified for years and I like the thought of it and am willing to give it my best shot, although I have a few water issues. We did the pool work and it went fine. No fear or anything. Mask clearing was a pain, but I wasn't inimitated. I was using the regulator that belonged to the instructor. No problem.
Well, we went to the quarry and I used another 'rental' regulator. I had congestion and sinus problems already. But when I put on the equip and tried the reg., I was feeling like I wasn't breathing. I think that everyone thought that it was my nervousness and so I made the leap. When I got down to where I was to meet the instructor (I think about 8 feet or so to start), I felt that I was suffocating, so motioned to go to the top which I did. I encouraged them to go on and I would stay near the shore and practice breathing through the reg.
While I was there I put the reg. in the water and it just kind of "blubbed" a couple of times. A couple more experienced divers were there and they put theirs in the water and got 'geisers'. So, was my problem a "bad regulator"?
Also, I am also aware that when I was young a local "sociopath" followed me out to the dock where we used to swim and held me under water until I thought that i would pass out, at which time he released me and swam away laughing. Since then I think that I unconsiously connect being underwater with not being able to breath. So I guess I have that hurdle also.
BUT I'm not giving up. As soon as the congestion clears I'm going back to the pool again for awhile and then I will conquer that darn quarry!
Thanks for listening.
Sue
Well, we went to the quarry and I used another 'rental' regulator. I had congestion and sinus problems already. But when I put on the equip and tried the reg., I was feeling like I wasn't breathing. I think that everyone thought that it was my nervousness and so I made the leap. When I got down to where I was to meet the instructor (I think about 8 feet or so to start), I felt that I was suffocating, so motioned to go to the top which I did. I encouraged them to go on and I would stay near the shore and practice breathing through the reg.
While I was there I put the reg. in the water and it just kind of "blubbed" a couple of times. A couple more experienced divers were there and they put theirs in the water and got 'geisers'. So, was my problem a "bad regulator"?
Also, I am also aware that when I was young a local "sociopath" followed me out to the dock where we used to swim and held me under water until I thought that i would pass out, at which time he released me and swam away laughing. Since then I think that I unconsiously connect being underwater with not being able to breath. So I guess I have that hurdle also.
BUT I'm not giving up. As soon as the congestion clears I'm going back to the pool again for awhile and then I will conquer that darn quarry!
Thanks for listening.
Sue