[header] How to overcome a fear of swimming [title] Listen to your internal dialogue. [step] Some people develop a fear of swimming from a close-call drowning of oneself or another or after a boating accident. However this phobia developed, it is probably being made worse by the silent voice of your thoughts.
[header] How to overcome a fear of swimming [title] Listen to your internal dialogue. [step] Some people develop a fear of swimming from a close-call drowning of oneself or another or after a boating accident. However this phobia developed, it is probably being made worse by the silent voice of your thoughts.
Find some external factors that may make your fear worsen and talk to someone or somebody in your life about it. [title] Ask yourself why you're afraid. The outer search of your mind can be silenced and you can avoid thinking of drowning as a result. [substeps] For example, you can tune your inner voice in when choosing a ride to or from town where you may see another person swimming. Reframing negative thoughts down to its most powerful form will prevent you from allowing them to evolve into actual thoughts. [substeps] Although we might think this whisper or feared voice has a loaded, angry inner fear, it is true. [substeps] Try this exercise-grab a pen and a notebook. Sit down and either think about swimming, sit in a place where water is visible, or look at picture of water or people swimming.