Butterflies Before a dive?

[PaulSmithTek]

I am Curious on how many people actually have had or get butterflies before they dive.

 

[stangd1909]

Not here.....by time I get all the gear on, I am just ready to get in LOL

 

[do it easy]

I had butterflies before a dive once, but they disappeared as soon as we got to the site and I started putting my gear together.

 

[TSandM]

I think for about the first year I was diving, I had some apprehension or worry before almost every dive, and it was worse if there was anything different about the dive -- New site, new buddies, new skills, whatever. I still get a little bit nervous about dives in new places or that are outside my usual parameters -- I even had a thread about our trip to Nanaimo in January because of it.

Nowadays, though, I'd characterize the feeling before a dive as a heightened alertness. It's definitely not quite business as usual, and I suspect it never should be.

 

[Torcatdog]

Can you expound opon your definition of butterflies??

I hope that everyone is little excited before every dive.

Butterflies equate to anxiety, as far as I can relate.

With a little good fortune, we all get the chance to expose ourselves to conditions that develop beyond our expectations.

May the butterflies proliferate!

 

[Spongebobscubasteve]

I always have a little worry before a dive. It is a dangerous situation and I am a new diver. They disapear as soon as I hit the water though.

 

[fisherdvm]

Unfamiliar dive, unfamiliar boat, unfamiliar situation, and of course, when you are stupid enough to dive in 5 ft sea, just because the boat is big enough to leave the harbor.

 

[Buoyant1]

Usually for the first dive of the year I'm a little "keyed" or if it's the first dive on a trip, I usually have trouble sleeping the night before. (and my Dr. told me to take a Benadryl or two...it will help two fold...help me sleep and clear out the sinus' rather nicely!)

If it's a normal everyday go to the quarry dive? Nah....

 

[eckybay]

As a new diver, I usually have a combination of excited and anxious butterflies. They are definitely stronger at the sites that I don't frequent as often. They are always there to some extent.

 

[fairybasslet]

You have "Never had butterflies" twice in your poll