[there was a recent discussion on an email list I am on about fear. Here are my thoughts on it]
\nLee wrote:
\n> I’ve called that the Zen of motorcycling. When I first started riding,
\n> when something unexpected happened, I’d tighten up, which is nearly
\n> always exactly the wrong thing to do. Eventually I trained my lizard
\n> brain to loosen up and ride it out. If sh!t is going to happen, sh!t
\n> will happen, and it’s best to not get to worked up about it right
\n> then.
\n><\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
I just recently experienced a small amount of fear.<\/p>\n
We just got back from a week in Dahab. We went diving.<\/p>\n
I am PADI OWD certified. Which is the most basic level
\nof scuba certification.<\/p>\n
I did my certification work about 10 years ago and really
\nenjoyed my dives.<\/p>\n
We went to mexico in 2001. We scheduled day on a boat with 2 dives.<\/p>\n
We jumped in the water and floated to the top.
\nI felt like I could not inflate my BCD enough to get my head
\nabove water. I tried to calm down.<\/p>\n
Regulator goes in the mouth and we settle on the bottom
\nto sync up. We are in about 12 feet of water.<\/p>\n
I feel like I cannot breathe. I am just shy of hyperventilating.
\nThe dive master and I rise to the surface. We chat.
\nI convince him to let me try again.<\/p>\n
Back down.
\nSame thing. I cannot relax.<\/p>\n
I go back to the top and my day is over. I sat
\non the beach and drank beer while the rest of the party
\ndid their dive. and their second dive.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to Dahab. This time it was a shore dive.
\nStrap on all the gear and waddle in.<\/p>\n
Put in the regulator and swim out a little ways. Then a cool fish swam by and I forgot, momentarily, After that I was still nervous but it was controllable.<\/p>\n I am still a “huffer” and I sucked that tank dry and my [my fault. this dive master used hand signals I did better the second day, but there is still a great I will probably never get quite the thrill out of it that the good doctor I think I need to get an underwater camera, or a housing for I think the distraction of having the camera is just what I need heh. phew. [there was a recent discussion on an email list I am on about fear. Here are my thoughts on it] Lee wrote: > I’ve called that the Zen of motorcycling. When I first started riding, > when something unexpected happened, I’d tighten up, which is nearly > always exactly the wrong thing to do. Eventually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nstiw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSettle on the bottom in about 3 meters of water.
\nI have never worked so hard <\/strong>to relax in my life.
\nI gave em the OK even though my lizard brain was screaming
\n“YOU CANT BREATHE YOU MORON! GET TO DAYLIGHT NOW”<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthat my air was coming through an itty bitty little tube.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ngauge was reading lower than I would have liked by the
\ntime we got out.<\/p>\n
\nto communicate how much air is left in the tank.
\nI screwed up the signals and the DM
\nthought I had more air than I did. I finally swam up to
\nhim and showed him the gauge. we headed in]<\/p>\n
\ndeal of tension on my part.
\n[heh. I just realized I am gritting
\nmy teeth as I type this.]<\/p>\n
\ndoes, and I will probably never do as many dives as she does,
\nbut it doesn’t suck.<\/p>\n
\nmy p&s [ I can’t see taking my 30D underwater. The cost of an
\nblown seal [[no no, it’s just ice cream]<\/span> would really ruin
\nmy day].<\/p>\n
\nto take my mind off the fact that ALL MY AIR IS COMING THROUGH<\/span>
THAT LITTLE TUBE OMG!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI need a beer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"