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Originally Posted by Amit  Michael...I know it's a bit weird...but for some reason when I was a kid I had an intense fear of drowning. Over time, that fear passed and now, to me, I don't fear it at all, it's strange but I just feel like it would a peaceful way to go! |
Amit, I agree with you. When I was 12 I almost drowned in a whitewater rafting accident (and yes I still love the mountains that contained that very river). After the initial shock of being thrown from the raft and lodged under a log, being under the water didn't seem to upset me. It WAS actually quite peaceful. Breathing the cool water, how the water looked and sounded as it flowed around me everything slowed down. Below the water was so calm compared to above the surface where it was crashing about wildly on the rocks. It was so peaceful that I forgot temporarily that I would probably die if I didn't try to get out of the water and made no attempt to struggle for my life. Of all things, what actually got me moving again was the thought of how mad my dad would be at his friends that took me rafting if I did drown. At the time being under the water certainly seemed nicer than throwing it up and coughing it out once I was yanked out of the water.