Has anyone thought they would try scuba diving but when learning found that it wasn't for them? What was your reason for stopping? Was there a fear or something you couldn't do right? Did you ever get over it and if so how?
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Hi Jenna,
I have to admit a little fear, in my opinion, is a good thing. It will keep you thinking about what your doing and help prevent mistakes. Fear that borders on panic is bad. It will keep you from thinking about anything other than what your doing.
I started diving 2 years ago becaquse a friend pushed me into it. I didn’t really like it. I paniced everytime i tryed to clear my mask and got a little water up my nose…. Failed my skills tests several times….
Swimming back in from one failed test, we came back about 3 ft deep and i realized how cool diving is. There was no preasure, no test, just the swim. I was hooked….
I am Advanced with just under 100 dives now, and have had 2 major problems underwater, and a couple small ones. I had a reg crapout at 90 ft in low viz, and could get maybe 10% of the air i needed. and lost my my dive buddy. I made it up ok, but have been scared of depth ever sence (although i am slowly beating it) The second was a reg frose at 80 feet in 40 degree water. I paniced, even kicked my buddy in the chest trying to get away from him when he tryed to help. I started to shoot the surface but got my mind back in the game and slow my asscent to normal after maybe 10 ft.
Diving has risks, I know that and have experienced them. but for me, the reward is worth the risk. I LOVE diving more than the fear associated with it.
I hope this helps. If you want to talk more, get ahold of me on messenger.
Tim
As a Scuba Instructor for the last 25 years, I have told my student on the first day of class, why I got into scuba then as they introduce themselves to me and the others in the class, I ask them why they enrolled.
I have heard many fascinating answers. The answers that threw up red flags to me were the ones that involved doing it for other people rather than for themselves. This is usually a boyfriend or a girlfriend or fiance whose significant other is a diver and they are doing it just to please them.
As an instructor it sends up a signal that this person may be a “difficult” student. Granted most end up loving it but those that don’t end up either dropping out or ending up with a scuba certification card that they never use.
I have only asked 2 people in my entire career if they felt that scuba diving was something that they “really” wanted to do. It wasn’t that they were wasting my time because I feel that if they have the perserverance then I have the patience and if they have the patience then I have the perserverance. It is not my decision to tell them that scuba diving is not for them because that gives them a reason to tell people that I told them they couldn’t do it.
One of the two people I had asked was engaged to a diver and they were planning to dive on their honeymoon. The poor girl was having so many issues while in the pool and just wasn’t enjoying it Whilein the shallow end I felt comfortable enough to say “Is this what you really want to do?” she replied “No it isn’t”. I then asked “Then why are you doing it?” which was followed by “Because he wants me to do it.”
Before I could even think about it I said “Is that the basis of a good marriage?” The look that was in her eyes became very mature and she replied “No it isn’t…and thank you!” Needless to say the engagement was off after that.
Is scuba for everyone? No it is not (unless it is something that you really want to do”
There is no shame in saying that you tried and and found that you didn’t care for it. A good instructor and a good friend will understand.
It’s not for everyone. It’s not.
The military acknowledge this and conduct selection courses for diver training. It saves money and maybe even lives.
Some people overcome their personal fears; either by encourgement or by pushing themselves. Others simply cannot.
I respect those who overcome a personal fear, but I have just as much respect for someone who is honest enough to say that it’s not for them.
Was there a fear or something I couldn’t do right?
When I first came to use rebreathers, I felt claustrophobic but it was only initially and I got used to it. However, my greatest fear has always been fear of failure. Being afraid of cocking it up or of letting my team mates down. This had the benefit of making me concentrate on whatever I was doing so I never stuffed it up.
Not a suba diver, but a freediver wannabie here. Always wanted to start practicing but never got round to it. It would be easier if I knew someone with the same interest or someone who wanted to learn it as well, it’s not safe to try alone and going to freediving school doesn’t feel like something I want to do.
In case you never heard of freediving, it’s diving to depths on a single breath of air, without air tanks. You still wear a wetsuit though (normally a rubber one to stop water from coming in and keeping you warm), have a special mask on, and extra long fins too.
Anyway, I’ve been doing my breath holds for a long time now and can stay underwater for over 4 minutes, only gotta get my ass round to it and do it lol. Ahhh, turning into a fish now ain’t I?
Hi,
the main reason for people not being ‘able’ to learn to SCUBA dive is, in my experience,never the fault of the student, A decent instructor will always ‘teach’ the student. This means, in essence, guide and inform the student in the theory and skills needed to dive safely. Now, if an instructor is forceful or threatening, or even impatient with a student, then he/she is a bad instructor because to give someone such a gift as diving is in my view a great honour.
Case in point:
My instructor trained a woman who had a near death experience with water in her youth,
he spent a full week with her on the skill of putting her face in the water and clearing her mask.
she turned out to be his best student ever and incidentidly is now a course director, and she now actually trains divemasters to be instructors.
So the only faults in structions lie with the instructors and not the students