Swimming and My Ordeal

I had swimming lessons when I was young, and although I'm not the greatest at it, I am aware of my abilities and wouldn't ever scare myself like that.

that is sort of weird.My case went in the deep water and swam for my life. This is how I learned to swim at the Boys Club.Became a very good swimmer and won a few medals.

No but my grandmother almost drowned when she went down she said she could hear the angels buzzing around here. She never went into the water again after that.

I was ten when I was with my parents on a fishing trip to Orman dam. The sides of the dam were lined with people. i had my own little fishing pole and I was half heartedly trying to fish. I soon grew tiredof it and moved over to be by my beloved grandpa. Then suddenly I was plummeting down and into the cold dee p water. The earthern edge we were standing on gave way undert m y moving feet. I surfaced scared sillyand my grandpa called to me" float Patty dear just move your feet and arms a bit.I will stick out my bamboo pole. You grav on now. honey dont be scared. I will get you out.d Suddenly I was okay as I knew my grandpa would help me. i did learn to swim in college and im not afraid of deep water. but I am deeply afraid of heights yet a real phobia.i can swim but I would never climb a mountain nor go up many stories in a sky scraper.

I never took swimming lessons and still not a very good swimmer. I did swimming in school but even then i never went in the deep end. I do like to go into the pool but i don't swim around that much

Somewhat. I knew how to swim. I was in the junior lifeguard class, when the instructor decided that I was too old for the class and stuck me in senior lifesaving. Stupid idea. The class was halfway through and they were testing on lifesaving techniques. The student was supposed to save the lifeguard. It didn't quite work out that way. The lifeguard clamped his arms around my head and I couldn't do anything, let alone save him, and my face was up against his chest so tight I was suddenly able to breathe under water. That's when I knew I was in serious trouble and did everything I could to extricate myself from that situation. I was never so scared of drowning in my life. I still wish I had taken the course and finished it properly.

I was the same age of 10 years when I made the decision that I had to learn. All my friends had a 1 length swimming certificate, so I made the concerted effort and managed to reach 10 lengths.

When I was 16, my boyfriend said he would teach me to swim. He took me out in the middle of his pool and then just let me go. It was horrifying and when he finally got me, I was furious. He said he wanted to know what I could do. I had told him that I couldn't swim at all...duh!