Ever since I have decided to go into commercial diving I have had family and friends sharing their "two cents". Not only is it annoying, but the same things just keep being said..but by different people. Is there a website that lists this crap?! lol. So I was thinking that there has to be a reason why these "concerns"(though, to me, they seem idiotic) are able to exist. For example, the things that have been said to me more than once:
"You better get life insurance before you leave for school because I don't know how long I'll be able to play the role of Mom for your daughter when you die."
"You are going to look really pretty in a couple years after your eye sockets have been sunken in and your eyeballs start protruding."
"The average lifespan of a commercial diver is 2 years, tops."
"After years of breathing the mixed gases you start to go a little insane and get kooky. You stay that way the rest of your life!"
I"ve been in contact with quite a few commercial divers of whom still work in the industry and have been for 15+ years. They do not seem "kooky" and are still very much alive...and do not have bulging eyeballs. Has anyone else had to deal with this?
"You better get life insurance before you leave for school because I don't know how long I'll be able to play the role of Mom for your daughter when you die."
"You are going to look really pretty in a couple years after your eye sockets have been sunken in and your eyeballs start protruding."
"The average lifespan of a commercial diver is 2 years, tops."
"After years of breathing the mixed gases you start to go a little insane and get kooky. You stay that way the rest of your life!"
I"ve been in contact with quite a few commercial divers of whom still work in the industry and have been for 15+ years. They do not seem "kooky" and are still very much alive...and do not have bulging eyeballs. Has anyone else had to deal with this?