Anyone else come to terms with the fact that they'll just never be comfortable with swimming/water?

[acri1]

I've just never been comfortable in any body of water deeper than I can stand in, regardless of knowing how to swim.

Not that I'm that good of a swimmer, my mom even made me take swimming lessons at the Y as a kid, and I did enough to get by and avoid drowning if I have to, but I've just never really cared for that shyt at all. The furthest I'll go is the shallow end of the pool, and even that's rare. Even though I can technically swim I have absolutely no interest going to the deep end of a pool, and I wouldn't even think about something like diving or scuba diving. I don't even really care for going on boats.

Anybody else feel that way? I've come to terms that I'm just never going to care for swimming or water.

A bathtub or jacuzzi is cool, but any body of water I can't stand in

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

Nope. Stop feeding the stereotype and get your ass another swim instructor.

 

[froggle]

You are afraid...keep it 100

ol anxiety from inside out 2

 

[Spiider]

Can’t relate. Swimming is easy and fun

 

[September]

Only feel this way in beaches, especially after the increase in shark activity in the northeast the past 5 years (a good thing). After a shark expert said swimming in 4-5ft of water is a risk that we need to accept, I decided it’s not a risk I’m willing to take. Idc about saltwater.

 

[Nymbus]

my body too dense

 

[Mike Nasty]

Only feel this way in beaches, especially after the increase in shark activity in the northeast the past 5 years (a good thing). After a shark expert said swimming in 4-5ft of water is a risk that we need to accept, I decided it’s not a risk I’m willing to take. Idc about saltwater.

You're way more likely to drown than be bitten by a shark.

 

[acri1]

You are afraid...keep it 100

ol anxiety from inside out 2

Nah, I just don't see the point in exposing myself to an unnecessary drowning hazard that seems like one of the WOAT ways to go

 

[September]

You're way more likely to drown than be bitten by a shark.

Oh trust im aware. I love sharks and donate to conservation efforts. But it’s still not a risk I care for.

 

[Genos]

Swimming is the goat exercise. I need to get back into it

 

[num123]

I could not imagine not being able to swim, seems limiting as hell.

 

[VertigoKnight]

I love the water but I always show it respect.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Swimming is a necessary life skill, especially if you ever have kids

 

[True Blue Moon]

Take lessons breh. Why accept defeat on something so fixable