Scary Terry
Registered
Hi all,
Interested in anybody who can share successful strategies for moving past a near miss incident and kept successfully diving.
This relates to a situation that occurred in March of this year which still weighs on my mind, where I was completely out of air in a ripping current about 25 metres below the surface. It required me to buddy breathe from a DM who was only coincidentally close by. My buddy was too far away to help in the current.
I dived later on the day of the incident, and have probably had about 20 dives since, usually reluctantly and nervously. But most days I still relive / remember what happened and when I do it fills me with dread. I have also become far more fixated on reading about other accidents and near misses.
At some point, with more distance from the situation, I may write it up for the Near Misses board to triage where I went wrong and learn more.
I guess the question is for others who have gone through something similar: what did you do to move past it and keep the passion for diving alive?
Thanks in advance.
Interested in anybody who can share successful strategies for moving past a near miss incident and kept successfully diving.
This relates to a situation that occurred in March of this year which still weighs on my mind, where I was completely out of air in a ripping current about 25 metres below the surface. It required me to buddy breathe from a DM who was only coincidentally close by. My buddy was too far away to help in the current.
I dived later on the day of the incident, and have probably had about 20 dives since, usually reluctantly and nervously. But most days I still relive / remember what happened and when I do it fills me with dread. I have also become far more fixated on reading about other accidents and near misses.
At some point, with more distance from the situation, I may write it up for the Near Misses board to triage where I went wrong and learn more.
I guess the question is for others who have gone through something similar: what did you do to move past it and keep the passion for diving alive?
Thanks in advance.