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Old June 8th, 2006
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Re: my shallow water blackout nightmare

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Originally Posted by efattah
You say you don't remember feeling panicked or out of air. That is not necessarily the case. Your blackout was long, and the longer the BO, the greater the memory loss. It appears your memory ends just after you shot the fish. This means that any panicked ascent or big contractions have been forgotten. It doesn't mean that those things didn't happen.
And on that note, in the interest of reducing psychic trauma, consider doing some relaxation/meditation and try to remember that incident in a safe and relaxed state of mind, reminding yourself that you survived and are ok. If not, the incident may start coming back to you whether you like it or not- ie in dreams/nightmares/flashbacks.
Even getting into meditative state and visualizing the whole thing, making up the parts that you don't remember can be very powerful and 'healing' (sorry I'm sick of that word).
Good to hear you are still kicking. The sooner you get back in, the better amigo.
Peace,
Erik Y.
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