Thank you so much for your video. It's so relieving to hear you validate what I feel. I just took a beginners swim class and the instructor was not sensitive at all to my fear of the water. He expected students at the end of wk 1 (1 hr class) to do an elementary backstroke, when I was still uncomfortable even being in water that was up to my neck! I feel like I am hyperventilating with the water that high. I felt defeated at the end of the class, and since disenrolled. But I am still determined to learn how to swim, & plan to take another class at another location in Jan 2017. I'm going to do what you said to become less afraid. Thanks again.

I never learned how to swim until I was 19 years old. I have try to encourage other adults to learn how to swim.

When I first started having swimming lessons 9 months ago I was really nervous Well all that fear has gone I love going swimming now.

I never picked it up as a child of 10 i did not learn until i was 35 when i gave up drinking i learnt in no time i have found things easer to learn as i have got older i am 67 now been swimming for 31 years, i swim 5 times a week the love of my life

I don't have a fear of water except when I can't feel the ground below me. I just panic. This is heart breaking I missed a lot of family time when we had to go in a boat trip to swim in deep blue . I stayed in the boat and each time they tell me try to join. I just have accelerated heart beating and shortness of breath and all the scenarios of drowning that anyone could imagine. just by thinking about even trying let alone actually stepping in. Why am I going through this ???? I have no idea or even recalling of certain incidents !!!!! But I really feel bad and disappointed with myself :'(

at 43 , i so want to learn how to swim....yes that s me the water touching my ear or nose....i panic and i get stressesd...i just had my first lesson and my goal is to swim by mid april...i want to do a half triathlon in May the only thing that has held me back for yrs is swimming ..... 2017 goal : SWIM

My daughter always say why you scared you not going to drown she learned at 3 and want to teach me but she yells too much which makes me move nervous your video helped a lot thank you

im disabled (i have no balance, i use chair), had 12 1 on 1 lessons with my coach, i dont know to swim ofcourse, i only go there 45min 6 times per month (it would be 8 but u know, female problems...).... i feel comfy in water, it is just really hard when we do walking in pool bcc well i have no balance....ok yes water holds u in some way its more denser then air so im not unhappy till now. btw im 29.5

Very helpful points, thanks! How do I explain to a friend how to apply that little pressure between the palate and the nose, which will help them hold their breath? And do you have any "eureka" thing to say to someone to help them float? PS I like the family atmosphere in the video. :)

Thanks so much for the advice and cute son. :)

I'm 68