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essi69
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Guys...
Thank you again for shared experiences and supportive words.. After reading through your replies I made contact with a scuba organization close to where I live and explained everything to one of the staff via email and have booked a "SCUBA SKILL UPDATE" course (conducted in a heated pool) for the end of next month... The guy I spoke with was very reassuring and suggested that on completion of the course I join a club that go out on easy shore dives weekly...I'm already feeling more confident... It's so weird to be gripped with such all consuming irrational fear and dread over something that was once an escape from such feelings...when I wrote the original post I felt tight chested and anxious just typing the words but I actually feel much better and it helps to know I'm not alone in the experience.
Thank you again for shared experiences and supportive words.. After reading through your replies I made contact with a scuba organization close to where I live and explained everything to one of the staff via email and have booked a "SCUBA SKILL UPDATE" course (conducted in a heated pool) for the end of next month... The guy I spoke with was very reassuring and suggested that on completion of the course I join a club that go out on easy shore dives weekly...I'm already feeling more confident... It's so weird to be gripped with such all consuming irrational fear and dread over something that was once an escape from such feelings...when I wrote the original post I felt tight chested and anxious just typing the words but I actually feel much better and it helps to know I'm not alone in the experience.
billt4sf
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A bit off topic but after laying out for a few months I always like to go someplace with calm, warm water and do some easy, easy dives with NO CAMERA to get back into it before going on a liveaboard or something really "special" where I have spent a lot of money to get to, my expectations are high, and my stress level (and that of my wife) is high as well.
It helps me to get the positive feeling back, not to mention to get the equipment perfect, the safety checks automatic, and the muscle memory back as well. I dislike that feeling of "Where is that damn inflator?"
- Bill
It helps me to get the positive feeling back, not to mention to get the equipment perfect, the safety checks automatic, and the muscle memory back as well. I dislike that feeling of "Where is that damn inflator?"
- Bill
otrdivelady
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Hi Essi
I totally understand what you are going through I had an issue with my mask in Aruba years ago and freaked, I tried to keep up by taking dive trips once a year and then had a 3 year hiatus as time and finances do not allow opportunities to go diving. I’m doing everything that has been suggested on the board and am looking for a good coach scuba instructor to practice skills in the pool I’m trying to snorkel as much as I can looking tobgetting a CBT therapustbtoo it’s all in your head and it’s a battle you are not alone if any one knows an experienced dive instructor master near Palm Bay or fort pierce Florida I would appreciate it. I miss the wonder beauty the ocean brings and want to get back in good luck
billt4sf
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One word: pool.
Second word: patient and knowledgeable instructor in the pool. Pay them by the hour. Repeat at your own pace until YOU feel ready.
Then go in a calm ocean with them. Repeat until YOU say you're ready.
- Bill
Second word: patient and knowledgeable instructor in the pool. Pay them by the hour. Repeat at your own pace until YOU feel ready.
Then go in a calm ocean with them. Repeat until YOU say you're ready.
- Bill
otrdivelady
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Mrs. B
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Essi:
Do more dives and please go slowly. Try to dive with another diver who is more experienced that you. Go slow, push boundaries gently so that you can back off when needed. If you feel like the situation is causing lots of stress STOP, BREATH, THINK and then ACT.
90 Dives is a lot of dives but over nine years it comes to about 9 dives/year which is not that much. Try to dive more. There is no magic number but if you can try to dive 30-40 dives/year.
Hope this helps.
Y'all still haven't noticed this thread is over a year old??
Essi hasn't logged into SB in a solid year (as of Tuesday).
Essi hasn't logged into SB in a solid year (as of Tuesday).
Landlocked123
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Agree with what was said here about staying in the water as much as you can. I am lucky as I have an in ground diving pool so every weekend, religiously, if I am not diving I am under water. It remains familiar. The longest i have gone without diving when I started about 9 years ago is 1 year and when I did the first pool immersion for a tiny split second I flet that strange feeling. It immediately went away. Stay wet !
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