Personal Narrative: The Fear Of Swimming At School

When I was growing up I was not allowed to play with other children, my grandmother feared that they will be bad influence on me as, a result, I was unable to learn games, know how to make friends and the saddest of them all I could go swimming with other kids: we did not have pools they swam at the river. I couldn’t swim a year ago, I took school PE classes or swimming at first I was scared thought I was going to drown but the instructor was very patient with me and as, a result, I felt comfortable swimming and not being, scared of dying. After learning how to swim at school I have not gone swimming again. For my leisure activity on Wednesday the 8th I decided to go swimming alone at my gym: 24 hours on high street in Oakland. I was so scared of going because everyone who has a membership goes swimming there and I was my first time going swimming solo without anyone to convince me that I can do it and to reassure me that I will not drown. I choose this activity to not only participate in leisure but rather to get over the fear of swimming in public and swimming with no instructor. When I arrived at the gym in 24 hour fitness I couldn’t stop looking around to see who was looking at me, who was judging and where I could first sit to give myself more courage, but lucky for me there were only 3 people in the pool who seem not to care as …show more content…
Self -esteem is the degree to which you see yourself as a worthy and competent person, no matter your personal identity.” (Pg. 166) When I was swimming I gained a new self-esteem, I allowed myself to swim without an instructor and I swam with strangers, I can’t say I was not scared but after I realized that my fear was just a destruction to stop me from developing more self-esteem and trying new things that will make me a better