northcoast_diver
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ramgib:...As I look back, even tho I had no interest in diving until a couple of months ago, I think I have been mentally training for a year. What with all the discussions and studying with BF. I felt relaxed during my dives because for over a year I have heard and read "as long as you can breath...." and "never never hold your breath" These things are so ingrained in my mind that, that I have been able to stay calm in all situations so far. Even in my confined water when I found my self tipping heels over head and when I started going up when I removed my gear on the pool floor.
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Lisa
Learning to scuba is just more training along the lines of swimming on the surface, then swimming underwater, then snorkeling on the surface, then freediving underwater. As you play in the water, you get more comfortable with it.
Almost everyone learned to swim through lessons. Those who did not typically do not develop better swimming skills than the dog paddle. Scuba is the same way.
Wearing a mask is immeasurably more comfortable than being blinded by trying to see underwater without a mask. Eventually, the mask becomes your window on the underwater world, and it does not seem claustrophobic anymore to you. It just takes getting used to. Same with the mouthpiece on both the snorkel and on the 2nd stage reg.
If you take slow steps, like you have been doing, you will learn very thoroughly, and it will be fun all along the way. And the more you scuba, the better you will get.
You are actually a very cautious but ideal student, because you think.