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Skittl1321
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Yes- thank you. I don't really know if the low visibility has been the major stressor, or the open water in general (I've never dove with good visibility...) but I nearly didn't pass OW because I refused to take my mask off. I just kept shaking my head no, and eventually we did all the other skills, the instructor thumbed me up; and then I signed to him "wait, I'll take my mask off!" and did it. When I practice it now, I do still have my husband hold my BCD. So far, it hasn't gotten more comfortable. Unfortunately, I don't dive enough that I expect to ever be so comfortable as some people. But I would like to get better.Hey Skittl1321
The reason we lose visibility or, more correctly, the ability to see clearly is the way the eye works. The Eye is designed to see in an Air environment.
At sea level water is 784 times more dense than air, so, placing your eyes underwater removes the ability of the eye to clearly "see" because of waters different density and light refracting properties...make sense so far?
We have defogger, but it doesn't seem to work, so I just spit in my mask before going underwater.
Also, don't beat yourself up so much.... it takes time (especially if you are not in a position to be able to practice as often as you would wish) to cultivate calm when undertaking a real or perceived stressful action or task, it has to be repeated many times for the to body instantly react to an issue without conscious involvement from the Brain.
Thanks Maybe just being somewhere with clear water will make some of the worry go away.
I will say my dives have been enjoyable; I just worry about the emergencies. But it's nice to know the 'status quo' is no problem.