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JiriHrdina · 08-17-2014, 07:24 PM

I can't swim. If you throw me in water over my nose I will die. Simple as that.

I had a couple of bad experiences when I was very young that created a fear of water - coupled with some very poor attempts to teach me that just made that fear worse.

I tried to learn when I was a teen and then again as an adult - with private 1:1 lessons. Though it made me more comfortable with the water - I still can't swim at all. Trying to learn to swim as an adult, when every part of you thinks you can't, is like trying to learn how to fly - it feels completely unnatural.

It isn't something I'm proud of and I'm working hard to make sure I don't replicate the mistakes with my daughter - who has taken well to water so far.

08-17-2014, 07:24 PM	#14
JiriHrdina I believe in the Pony Power Join Date: Jul 2003 Exp:	I can't swim. If you throw me in water over my nose I will die. Simple as that. I had a couple of bad experiences when I was very young that created a fear of water - coupled with some very poor attempts to teach me that just made that fear worse. I tried to learn when I was a teen and then again as an adult - with private 1:1 lessons. Though it made me more comfortable with the water - I still can't swim at all. Trying to learn to swim as an adult, when every part of you thinks you can't, is like trying to learn how to fly - it feels completely unnatural. It isn't something I'm proud of and I'm working hard to make sure I don't replicate the mistakes with my daughter - who has taken well to water so far.