Last month, I wrote an article titled "Can Swim, But Don't Dare Go deep?" He recorded his frustration of not daring to swim in deep water, and analyzed the reasons for his fear of deep water.
Today, I am very happy to tell you that I have finally overcome the fear of deep water ~ I finally dare to say that I can swim ~ ~
For me, it was an unforgettable experience that had to be documented, and it would be a joy to be able to help friends who were equally confused.
Since the last time I wrote an article to analyze, I have found myself too impatient. Everyone's understanding is different, and we can't blindly deny our own abilities and blame ourselves because we see others succeed and we are in trouble.
Li Xiaolai once said:
I can do it, I can't do it;
If you can't do it, don't do it, learn it, and do it;
As for whether others can do it or not, what is the matter with me?
- Only focus on your own growth, do not make unnecessary comparisons with others.
So, I said to myself: It's okay, take your time, I'm not good enough to swim, so I'm afraid.
Next, I give myself two tasks every time I go swimming, and there is no time limit to complete them.
Task 1: Focus on improving your swimming skills and find a swimming rhythm that suits you.
I usually go for a swim on the weekend morning and stay in the pool for 1.5-2 hours, and the earlier I go, the less people there are. Close to 10:30, there will be more people. Therefore, when I get to the pool, I will seize the time to practice while there are not many people.
When practicing, I would swim from one end of the shallow area to the water where I could stand and breathe, and then try to make a U-turn and swim back underwater, and so on.
At the beginning, I just swam in a circle after lap, but I always swam very urgently, often feeling tired after a few rounds, my throat was dry, and the process was not very comfortable, and I felt that my breathing was not smooth enough.
After realizing these problems, I tried to adjust my rhythm, imagining the cuttlefish in the water while seriously feeling the movements of my whole body:
The feet pedal the water slightly, the legs are as close as possible to the water, but also pay attention to maintain balance, and then let the body drift quietly, feel the speed slow down, the hands move; so look up, the mouth inhales, with the nose exhalation head sinks into the water again, then change the mouth in the water slowly exhale, while then pedaling the water, over and over again.
Although the movement of the body slowed down, the speed did not slow down, because it quickly swam to the target position. After slowly adjusting and adapting to this, I actually didn't feel tired, my throat was no longer dry, and what was more amazing was that I seemed to be able to merge with the water, and I began to enjoy the feeling of soaking in the water, very free and relaxed.
Novelist Anthony Trollope said: Getting used to this thing has the power of water drops to wear stones.
Indeed it is.
Once, when I first arrived at the pool, I had to try many times to adapt to the swimming action, and now I can move freely when I enter the water;
Once I was overwhelmed when I encountered someone in front of me blocking, now I can take the initiative to avoid changing direction, and others are slow and slow;
Once I was just doing movements mechanically, I can now stretch my body naturally and enjoy the temperature and freedom underwater.
At this point, I completed my first task.
Task two: Feel and observe at the edge of the deep waters, adapt to the waters there, and slowly reduce the fear in your heart.
I used to stand in the pool and walk to the place where the water had flooded my chin, knowing that even if I swam there to stop I could stand up and breathe. But every time I was about to swim there, I began to feel nervous in my heart, hesitant to move forward, and finally said to myself to turn around.
It is rare to have the courage to swim there, and my heart is also very scared, especially after turning around, I really want to escape and swim away, as if there is a water monster in the back that is about to drag me to the deep water area, scared and almost inhaled a cold breath, but I had to hold back, otherwise the scene would be embarrassing...
I pumped myself up again and again, trying to swim to the edge of the deep water, and then tried to stop and soak in the water, feel the depth there, boldly stretch my body, let myself believe that I can swim, understand that the water in the deep water is the same as the water in the shallow water, and swim in the same way.
As the number of times I felt at the edge of the deep water increased, the fear gradually decreased, and observing the movements and states of others, I found that everyone was relaxed and leisurely, and the deep water area was not shrouded in a tense and terrifying atmosphere, so I also began to enjoy the temperature and freedom under the water there.
At this point, I felt that I had the courage to explore the real deep waters.
Old-fashioned, I still swim along the edge of the pool in the direction of the deep water, and my friends follow me.
For the first time, I swam halfway through trembling and hesitantly, and the fear in my heart came back, my heart clucked a little, but I was still captured by fear, and I hurried to the edge of the pool, soft and weak.
Friends came over to comfort me and encouraged me to continue. I looked at the deep water in front of me, and at the end of the deep water, and I was intimidated and did not dare to go.
I sunk by the pool and decided to swim back and start over.
I was scared when I swam back, but it seemed to be able to overcome it, so I tried to get back to the feeling of enjoying myself in the water while I was cheering myself up.
When I was ready, I started the second challenge. This time with a panicked, soft feeling swam a little farther, but there was someone lying on the side of the pool in front of me resting, I kept staring at him for fear that he would make any moves, and as a result, people did not move, I stopped first, I instigated again, I really did not dare to go around.
I thought to myself: It's so hard, just such a little distance, this damn fear...
I decided to start all over again. When I swam back, I felt less scared than I had before. Make a U-turn and challenge the deep waters for the third time.
This time, there was no one in front of me, I told myself, this time swim to the end! My heart began to panic, and my body softened, but I forced myself to concentrate on the movements, pedaling water, holding water, closing my arms, looking up, inhaling, exhaling, and then pedaling water...
Finally, I swam to the end! Lying on the edge of the pool, the whole person was too soft to be able to do it, and his heart was beating wildly. However, I am very happy, and my friends are very happy for me. Finally completed a challenge.
When my mood returned to calm, I decided to hit the iron while it was hot and take advantage of the victory to pursue.
So, swimming back, there was a little panic, but I told myself it was okay. Make a U-turn and challenge for the fourth time. Similarly, I suppressed my inner turmoil and forced myself again to focus on the movements, forward, forward, forward... At this time, someone appeared in front of me again, I hesitated, decided to go around, change direction, get away from the pool, continue to move forward, and finally reach the end, and succeed again!
Then, I went on to challenge the fifth, sixth...
As I swam back and forth again and again, and occasionally felt the gentle currents of the deep water in the water at the end, I became more and more calm, the feeling of fear almost disappeared, and my friends said that I was swimming more and more smoothly.
Indeed, I began to feel at ease and relaxed in the deep water area, and began to like the clarity and depth of the deep water area.
I finally didn't have to worry about the crowd and seized the time to practice early;
I finally don't have to meet adults and children playing in the shallow waters;
I finally dared to say out loud to the world: I have learned to swim!
Yu Minhong once said: To be a person, you must be diligent, and you must be persistent, but you don't have to be fast in doing things. Horses run faster than camels, but camels travel twice as much in their lives as horses.
I used to watch my friends who were learning to swim with me swim more skillfully and boldly than I was, and I was very anxious and discouraged. Since I couldn't overcome my fear of the deep water after several attempts, I thought I would have to stay in shallow water for the rest of my life.
Fortunately, I did not want to give up my love of swimming, still longed for the feeling of swimming freely in the deep water, willing to pay time and patience to slowly polish my swimming skills, not impatient to practice and improve, and finally realized my wish at the tail end of the summer.
Chasing any dream, ideal, goal, how beautiful the end is, how hard the road is. There are friends to comfort, there are high finger roads, can more or less relieve some pain, but the teeth to walk past, but also have to be themselves.
There are some things that you know are not so easy to achieve, but not doing them seems to regret it for the rest of your life. Therefore, in order not to leave regrets, swimming or other hobbies, since you love, then firm your choice. After hard work, you will know many things, stick to it, and come over.
In the process of perseverance, disappointment is the norm, and I hope that we can all cut through the thorns and live the way we want to be.
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