Shallow water blackout scares the poop out of me, it´s this whole „without warning“ thing that does it, you know, one moment you are happy as Larry, high fiving Octopusses, annoying scuba divers then next second sinking ass first to Davy Jones locker.
Now, can anybody remember doing the fainting game at school? The one where you take a deep breath or two and then somebody squeezes your chest and five minutes later you wake up on the floor of the classroom with a colossal boner to much embarrassment and giggles?
What are the thoughts that the same mechanisms behind the fainting game are the ones behind shallow water blackout.
My theory is that after taking a deep breath your chest is squeezed by pressure during the dive then just under the surface on the way back the pressure is relaxed and you black out.
Perhaps, in my humble opinion, if you don´t pack your lungs to the max and leave a bit of „slack“ you could be in less danger of blacking out.
Now, can anybody remember doing the fainting game at school? The one where you take a deep breath or two and then somebody squeezes your chest and five minutes later you wake up on the floor of the classroom with a colossal boner to much embarrassment and giggles?
What are the thoughts that the same mechanisms behind the fainting game are the ones behind shallow water blackout.
My theory is that after taking a deep breath your chest is squeezed by pressure during the dive then just under the surface on the way back the pressure is relaxed and you black out.
Perhaps, in my humble opinion, if you don´t pack your lungs to the max and leave a bit of „slack“ you could be in less danger of blacking out.