CT-Rich
Contributor
Just keep I. Mind you can just lay on the bottom doing nothing. I like the extra session in the pool. Go in, lay down on the bottom and breath. Analyze it, get used to it and when you are ready, practice your skills.
When you give the open water dive another go, take your time, none of this stuff is a race. Try being the first one in the water, but just breath off the reg until you are comfortable at the surface. Descend slowly, but at your own pace. Let it play out.
I know it sounds hokey, but visualization can help a lot. The more you think about what that anxiety felt like,and how you want to control it, the less it will control you. Play it over in your head and visualize how you want react to it.
When you give the open water dive another go, take your time, none of this stuff is a race. Try being the first one in the water, but just breath off the reg until you are comfortable at the surface. Descend slowly, but at your own pace. Let it play out.
I know it sounds hokey, but visualization can help a lot. The more you think about what that anxiety felt like,and how you want to control it, the less it will control you. Play it over in your head and visualize how you want react to it.