The Fears Of Fear: Overcoming The Fear Of Swimming

Fear is an emotion that is caused by the perceived danger or threat occurring. Facing your fears can be very scary, but it can also be an exciting experience. Eventually, everyone will face their fear, whether it was fear of height, or fear of small spaces, or even fear of clowns. One of the most hesitant yet scary thing I did was facing one of my biggest fears, swimming.

To start off, I didn’t always have a fear of swimming, it wasn’t until I was 5 years old when it started. My family and I were at the neighborhood community pool, people with their friends or family in the pool with the water glistening due to the reflection of the sun. We were standing by the pool, when my older brother decided that it would be humorous to steal my bright

Upon arriving at the pool, I was very nervous, and usually when I am, I’m always fidgeting with my hands, or I ramble endlessly about something. That day, I did both. Not wanting to be late, I quickly change in the locker room and rushed out. I stood patiently by the side of the pool with the other girls around my ages and started a conversation. After introducing ourselves, we had gotten to know each others and to be quite honest, they were really nice and friendly, which make me feel so much less nervous. They were saying that they didn’t know how to swim which makes me feel at ease because I didn’t want embarrass myself. When the coach came over with a huge smile, she introduce herself and told us to start out by doing some stretches and then to gather by the pool in a single line. When everyone was finish. We got into the pool one at a time and I was very hesitant when I was told to get into water, but I realized I eventually need to overcome this fear, rather sooner than later. First thing coach taught us was the ability to float, which wasn't easy for me but I was able to do it. After that, she gave us a kickboard to help us practice our kicks, while some were struggling, I actually got it. Lastly she told us to do a lap with the kickboard, in my opinions it was the best part of practice that day. After practice, my mom and the other girls parents decided