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Re: FEAR of the SWIM [nc452010]
nc452010 wrote:
Maybe I asked a good question in a dumb manner.

I think I was hyperventilating at the beginning of LOU. I hadn’t swum far enough to be oxygen deficient. I don’t think I was over-exerting myself.

Do you think most issues with panic are due to hyperventilating or oxygen deficiency?



IMO, hyperventilating and stacking their breaths likely occurs more frequently and leads to anxiety/panic.
(this still happens to me when I'm not relaxed and blowing all my air out early on in a race, and keeping the pace within myself-
especially when I'm not warmed up enough and feeling constricted in my wetsuit)

Getting sucked into a pace that's too fast likely occurs less frequently, but can also be followed by 'issues' of anxiety/panic...

In the first case, there is not an increased workload as the driving force, it's breathing inappropriately and feeling anxious being in the wetsuit
In the latter, there is an increased workload adding to the stress of breathing (and possibly leading to anxiety)

It's awfully hard to calm down once very anxious. In the past, I'd have to flip on my back and totally get control of my breathing before continuing on.

*edited to add:
but we're talking about anxiety/panic and sometimes there is something very real, like psvt/paf that is the driving force-and we don't know if the OP's
friend has something else going on or not

My son's PSVT (at age 23) goes ~240 bpm and he not only would not be able to swim well, but also he feels panicky/anxious and like crap until the rhythm rights itself
Last edited by: dtoce: Aug 30, 18 8:39

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