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Originally Posted by ILDiver
I finished my DM and continue to work at a shop that takes pride in turning out confident students who are comfortable in the water. If we feel they are not comfortable in the water, we talk to them and try to get them to do more pool time before open water.
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I am new to this forum. I just got my open water diver certification and I was one of those 'nervous students'. I let my instructor know I stopped feeling comfortable once we got into the deeper part of the pool. One of the things he suggested was a discovery dive. I am not sure if this is a common term but basically a diving instructor is holding onto you all the time during the dive. We took time descending and at one time I had to signal to surface. We tried again and took it even slower. After a couple of dives like that I begun to feel more confident. Later I had an additional one on one session with the instructor. All that attention worked and all my following dives were great. Now after several more dives I don't feel any anxieties underwater. Personal attention and sensitivity helped me tremendously.
I think Vic would have benefited from such attention before attempting a dive.
Ewa
