Don’t be afraid of water

We know that the weight of our body – since Archimedes found his soap – is carried by the liquid. Few contraindications except that you have to know how to swim and above all not be afraid of water. Because if the French remain poor swimmers while swimming pools are flourishing in our country, it’s probably because we are an aquaphobic people. Aquaphobia is an uncontrollable anxiety that can go as far as a real panic attack, sometimes responsible for drowning. It is moreover the vision or the testimony of accidents that are at the root of this fear. Some psychiatrists will tell you that we also find the origin in the baths of early childhood. The lifeguards all note that many people refuse, for example, to learn to swim on their back without being able to really explain why. So, we could stop there, but it would be depriving ourselves of an effective therapeutic means and an incomparable pleasure, that of evolving in almost weightlessness in a hot liquid, which should nevertheless remind us of the delights of fetal life that we have all known as the real first pleasure. It is all the more regrettable that there are solutions. Overcoming your fear of water means first and foremost avoiding a few stupidities: forcing a person to go swimming if they don’t feel like it, talking to them about willpower when they tell you about their worries. To overcome all this, you can practice the strong method, the use of a psychotherapist or a sophrologist who will teach you relaxation techniques based on breathing, concentration, and the relaxation of the body. You can also contact lifeguards who are specialists in the problem. They will organize small games in the children’s pool to teach you how to put your whole body in the water, including your head, and especially how to find supports to keep your balance. There are courses to guide you in this process where you can only strengthen your personality and above all experience intense pleasure.