May
18
I almost drowned when I was little, now I have a fear of moving water? ?
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When I was 3 years old I almost drowned. (Apparently) I stopped breathing while underwater and they had to resuscitate me, I was in the hospital and everything. I don’t remember anything about the incident but I have very weird dreams that I think is connected to the memory of the incident.
I’m not scared of swimming pools or anything, and the ocean is still okay, but sometimes when I hear the waves crashing it makes me feel extremely scared. Also once my mother took me river rafting and while my other siblings enjoyed it, to me it was like trying to survive and broke down crying in the middle of it.
The other day we went to a theme park and there was this water ride that my friends wanted to go on, I wanted to too, but I got so scared again. I went on and I was literally freaking out the whole ride. I did the ride a couple more times and got more comfortable with it, but I was still very scared. I figured out it’s moving water that freaks me out the most. Will I ever get over my fear of moving water? And what can I do?
TOBY
Jan
27
I almost drowned when I was little, now I have a fear of moving water? ?
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When I was 3 years old I almost drowned. (Apparently) I stopped breathing while underwater and they had to resuscitate me, I was in the hospital and everything. I don’t remember anything about the incident but I have very weird dreams that I think is connected to the memory of the incident.
I’m not scared of swimming pools or anything, and the ocean is still okay, but sometimes when I hear the waves crashing it makes me feel extremely scared. Also once my mother took me river rafting and while my other siblings enjoyed it, to me it was like trying to survive and broke down crying in the middle of it.
The other day we went to a theme park and there was this water ride that my friends wanted to go on, I wanted to too, but I got so scared again. I went on and I was literally freaking out the whole ride. I did the ride a couple more times and got more comfortable with it, but I was still very scared. I figured out it’s moving water that freaks me out the most. Will I ever get over my fear of moving water? And what can I do?
OMAR