Nearly death experience

@Cheyee (8344)
Pakanbaru, Indonesia
November 1, 2020 1:23am CST
This afternoon is another hot day here in my place. So my daughter and I talk about how nice if we could go swimming pool, but we won't go tho (because of this pandemic). Our conversation reminds me about an accident around 9 years ago. Me, my husband and my daughter went to swimming pool nearby. It was pool for kids, but they had 1 pool for adult. It wasn't deep. Just around the my chest. My daughter thrown a rubber duck to the middle of the pool, so I wanted to take it. My husband was busy with my daughter. I couldn't swim, so I just walk to the middle pool, but the floor was too slippery. I slipped and panic. I couldn't breath, my lung burnt. I tried so hard to reach anything nearby, lucky me I reached the edge of the pool. Whenever I think about that I got goosebumps. I know it silly. if I wasn't panic, I could just stood up and walked. But that time I was seriously though I was going to die. Have you ever experienced something like that?
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@JudyEv (342175)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Nov 20
I have and once you panic, it is very scary indeed. Very frightening.
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@jdbces (1845)
• Philippines
1 Nov 20
Good thing nothing worse happened to you back then. My experience of drowning was when my college friends and I were at the wave pool and one submerged from the waves, I was surprised when tried to reach for my shoulders. Another classmate luckily saved her. The other one was during our swimming lesson in high school. I was doing backstroke for practical exam when I suddenly had leg cramps. Our teacher reached for me through the pool cleaner and my friend dived into the pool, raised me up from my waist. That friend is always one of the best I have until now.
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@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
Yes, I am lucky. I kept thinking about that accident for weeks. Up until now, I still traumatic. Everytime we go to swimming pool, I just watch my kids and their dad from a far.
@jdbces (1845)
• Philippines
1 Nov 20
@Cheyee Hope that you could get over with the trauma in the future.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
1 Nov 20
No I had not I am well able to swim. Sorry this happened that you slipped.
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@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
It's okay honey. It was long time ago.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
1 Nov 20
Ah yes, I miss swimming too. I don't go because of pandemic too. How scary! I could see where panic would kick in and make you do that
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@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
Panic makes us irrational.
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@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
2 Nov 20
Sad and scary
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@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
2 Nov 20
Very much
• Depok, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
I did the same as your experience when I was in the middle of school. It's so scary for me cause the pool was so deep
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@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
In my case, the pool wasn't that deep, but panic made it worse. But it was really traumatic. I stayed gloomy for weeks.
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
1 Nov 20
When we panicked, we can't even think rationally. Been there, done that. Luckily we made it by luck until now.
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@rakski (126031)
• Philippines
1 Nov 20
it is important to have presence of mind in such panic cases.
@rakski (126031)
• Philippines
1 Nov 20
@Cheyee so true but you made it
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@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
Yes it is. But with water filled my nose and maybe my lungs, it was really hard.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
3 Nov 20
I can understand how the panic could set in and cause that. You should learn how to swim when the pandemic is over.
@NoorNoor (2131)
• India
1 Nov 20
My older sister deliberately made me to drown under water.Because I was in the water and played so long when I was a kid.After few minutes she took me out
@NoorNoor (2131)
• India
1 Nov 20
@Cheyee I think she did a evil thing once in my life.
@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
Woah, you have evil sister. It's not a joke.
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@ZedSmart (19786)
• Philippines
1 Nov 20
No and I don't want it happen. Though I experience small accident like when the passenger jeepney we rode hit by another vehicle. No serious injury though.
@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
When you got hit you just surprised, but if you're the one who hit, I bet it felt like you're dying. Heheh
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• India
1 Nov 20
The floor is supposed to hold the water
• India
1 Nov 20
@Cheyee the floor of the pool
@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
Uuhhh what??
@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
@piyushbhatia1 and how is that related to my story?
@iKONICNoona (4220)
• Philippines
1 Nov 20
I did when I was still studying in college . We have this subject in physical education it was swimming lesson.Our school has an indoor pool where they teach students . It started with 4 ft . until 8 ft the deepest. I was not that tall I was 4'9 .I know the basics of swimming but when I know its already deep I panic. Our swimming instructor taught us everything. So we have this test , We will be swimming from 8ft deep till we reach 4ft and we will be graded according to the strokes we can perform. I am nervous because I know 8ft is too deep for me but I shrugged it off I need to pass. I jumped into the water and when my feet reached the pool tiles I immediately kicked up thats how I will float back our instructor taught us that technique .The moment I felt I was floating on top I did the freestyle going to the shallow feet then I felta little tired and I was running out of breath our instructor thought I was drowning that time but I was not she extended her swimming stick for me to hold on but I did not do it I did the backstroke this time since I was getting tired alrrady.I finished the exam and passed .
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@Cheyee (8344)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Nov 20
I am glad you passed your exam and not drowned. Are you good at swimming in the deep now?