Guest Ryan Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 A few days ago I almost drowned. I don't know how to swim. I was pushed into a pool, in the deep end. I don't understand how I managed to get back to the surface of the water and climb out of the pool if I don't know how to swim. Nobody came in after me. How is this possible? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 instinct i guess. but yo useriously ned to learn how to swim. its a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 the natural instinct if self-preservation ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted June 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2004 Naturally, your body should float (due to buoyancy) even if you don't move too much, but that's not to say your head won't be under water... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ryan Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Yea, I was completely under water. This whole incident was rather short, perhaps only for a few seconds. Maybe I got back up and out easily because of the body's natural tendancy to float? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 eeh, last summer i was thrown in one of my friend's pool by two other friends when i told them i couldn't swim... they didn't believe me. it took me quite a lot of panicking before they believed me and helped me to the shallow end of the pool 'twas not a fun experience. even a couple weeks after, one of the friends that threw me in tried to teach me at his girlfriend's pool, but after three hours, there was no success. i even managed to scratch up my body from a rough boogie board i was playing around with. perhaps some other time, i shall try again and succeed. but no rush for now. hehe, so, i feel ya on that on ryan ;) good thing you managed to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 (edited) You may be a natural born swimmer. Who knows? I really doubt instinct since many other people who didn't know how to swim and were in similiar situations drowned. Too bad, you aren't out here with me. I've taught my one of my friends how to swim almost completely now. He use to be terrified of swimming and now if jets around the deep end (13ft.) with flippers on. He can swim faster than I can. My goal is to get him to be confident of treading water in the deep end which he can currently do for a short time. Once he gets that, he'll be able to fully swim with no problems, I believe. Edited June 10, 2004 by Jstphish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted June 10, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2004 Yea, I was completely under water. This whole incident was rather short, perhaps only for a few seconds. Maybe I got back up and out easily because of the body's natural tendancy to float:huh:h: Well you can't drown in a few seconds, at least not to my knowledg;);) If it happens again, don't panic and just try to keep your head above wate(Y)Y) Until you can get swimming lessons, you should do fine. And stay in the shallow end so you can stan;);) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Panic is one bad mofo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.will Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 wow i cant imagine not swimming. i think i take it for granted, living among dozens of lakes :(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeron Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 It takes about three seconds of no oxygen to the brain to go unconcious. By thrashing about it probably gives you about 30 seconds with your head under water. You can actually drown up to 48 hours after inhaling water as liquid can build up in your lungs due to the irritation that the water can cause to your lungs. If you're in seawater, inhaling the water makes it even worse as the salt and other contaminates cause greater irritation to the lungs. Learning to tread water to keep your head above water for a short period of time is probably the most important as it is quite easy to learn and allows someone to help. Obviously learning to swim is the best thing to do so you can save yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ryan Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I know I should learn how to swim. I had tried when I was younger. I don't remember why I never learned. I guess I never had a reason to learn because I'm rarely ever around water. I guess I got a good reason to learn now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerworks Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I learned to swim when I was so young I don't remember.. I've been able to tread water for as long as I can remember. I grew up around a lot of swimming pools and lakes (being in the south and all).. Plus my mom was always taking us swimming. You should really learn to swim, its a very useful (and life saving) ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oik Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 in the best way i can put it, swimming is a lot like riding a bike. some people can hop on a bike for the very first time and have it down, for others it takes months to learn how to keep your balance. perhaps you just know how to swim, even though nobody's ever shown you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitteny_berk Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 you've seen babies swimming, right? pretty much the same thing, natural reaction/survival instinct and the fact most people float saved your ass. i'd suggest learning to swim, even if just a little, incase stuff like that happens again, and it's great fun :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goheels681 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Well you can't drown in a few seconds, at least not to my knowledge ;) If it happens again, don't panic and just try to keep your head above water (Y) Until you can get swimming lessons, you should do fine. And stay in the shallow end so you can stand ;) Well, if you're being pushed in, and you fall fast, and gasp for air but accidentally do it while you're in the water, then you're kinda screwed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 swimming is hella fun.. just need a few more days til it get really hot, and in the pool i go.. once i was in the pool for 9 hours.. after 9 hours in the pool my skin was falling apart, bloody nose, black eye, scratched knee, and a bruises all over my body. we were playing water polo :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitteny_berk Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 we were playing water polo :D but how did you get the horses in the water? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderRiver Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Yeah, I don't know how to swim either. The first time I was in a pool, I thought it should be a piece of cake, knowing that human body can float. Now that's the thing that gets me actually. Since my body was floating, I couldn't stand up in the pool..so my head was in the water and my body was struggling to stand up. It was the one of the scary moment in my life. I finally made it to the edge of pool, but I already drank too much pool water.. Yuck. My roommate looked at me and puzzled. Stupid him didn't know that I almost drowned myself, and he was just standing there watch. Ever since then, I haven't tried swimming. There is no one here to teach me, and I don't really have the transportation or money to learn it either. Human instincs alone doesn't really help you because your body get panic and that's where it gets you. Not everyone is born to be calm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerworks Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Not everyone is born to be calm. But you can train yourself to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habtro Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 one word! MIRACLE! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Chumps gf Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 When i was like 3 and used floaties i was in a lil blow up boat in the deepend of my pool w/o the floaties on and i fell to the bottom but nothing made me flaot i had to be rescued... idk that is wierd :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECEGatorTuro Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Another thing... if you're flailing about and yelling for help, you're blowing a lot of air out of your lungs and making your body less apt to float. Try floating in the water with a big deep breath and then let it all out... you'll sink straight to the bottom. That's how I manage to "sit" on the bottom of a pool and scare people! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ryan Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 but how did you get the horses in the water? :p Well, they say you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. :laugh: :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incubusdaemon Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 not everyone floats. I'm thin as a rail and I sink like crazy. Also, I think finding the surface is different than actually being able to swim. In my experience, if you thrash around you'll naturally just go toward the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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