Fondueset said:I think part of the safety factor comes from motivation - that is; Why do you dive?
That is usually the first thing I ask students, after getting their names etc. I don't think there are wrong or right reasons. But certainly there are safer and less safe reasons. I think it is important to be honest to at least your self about the motivation.
For example, I have never heard of anyone publicly admitting that just pure narsisicm is part of their motivation. Yet it is present every time I see freedivers interact for example with scuba divers... So yeah, let me be the first. I do get some satisfaction from seeing the horror in someones face when I tell them I regularily hold my breath over 7 minutes. I know I shouldn't, but damn it, I do...
Of course it is not my sole motivation, but certainly a component.
What has this to do with safety? Well, after having recognised that, I can now look inside my self if I feel compelled to pose for scubies for 7 minutes. Is that really safe? Is it really necessary?
Well, you get the idea...
The same analysis for other motives is useful as well...(I dive to find my limit -> what do you do when you find it? Etc etc...)
Ok, time for my medication again, this is starting to get out of hand