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Why I’m Scared of Scuba Diving and Why I Keep Doing it
My relationship with scuba diving is one of the weirdest and most ironic I have.
I have a PADI Rescue Dive certification (although I wouldn’t count on myself to rescue anybody) and I have over 70 dives to this day. I have done some amazing dives in New Zealand and in Greece (some links below if you are interested in reading more)
But what if I told you I’m scared of diving? What if I told you I have at least two anxiety attacks per dive? What one time did I almost bolt out from a 30metter depth? You probably wonder what’s wrong with me, right? But is it a bad thing? Let me tell you my story.
Why I’m Scared of Diving
The reason is quite dark. My brother died in a diving accident. I’ve heard two different stories. The one is that he ran…