I almost drowned, lost consciousness and was CPRed back to life when I was 6 and since I never tried swimming until now.
Basically, I almost drowned when I was younger. I lost consciousness and got brought back with CPR by a marine. Ever since then I’ve had a fear of water.
I’m trying to get back into swimming now because I’m tired of being scared of it.
I tried swimming today and I feel like I can’t breathe properly. I use my arms like I’m trying to survive instead of actually swimming and gliding. My legs feel heavy too.
The weird thing is I’m not unathletic. I run, I lift, I road bike. I can push myself physically. But swimming just feels different.
I don’t have the money for a coach right now but I still want to learn. I just want to beat this dumb fear out of me and finally learn how to swim properly.
There’s nothing else to it. I’ve read the general tips today. Maybe I just have to keep swimming? Like loads of it? Just volume my way out of this fear?