I Can't Swim Stories of Experiences

I have cerebral palsy.Its really hard to swim.I always wanted to swim but my ams and legs are just too weak.It's hard to doing anything athletic like running,swimming,and climbing up lots to steps.

When I was around 5 I had a bad experience during swim lessons. My teacher dunked me under water after saying he wouldn't. I told him I was afraid and I trusted him. I couldn't go back after that. I tried to learn a couple of times and...

It helps to be buoyant, as most people are.

I'm not, even in sea-water, so all my effort goes into staying on the top, so I tire within about 10 yards.

I tried swimming-lessons and would watch enviously a trio of women in the...

I cant swim either, its annoying because people force you to get to the water and swim with them but you cant

i cant even doggie paddle either
i need to use swimming floats, its also annoying because people laugh at you

I cant swim,,can barely doggie paddle and hate cold water.

I can swim. Well, I can float.

I just can't freestyle. Which is basically the only style that would keep me alive and get me to safety in a life threatening situation. Fun.

I took a lot of swim classes. Lots. I learned to do a bunch...

We went snorkeling last weekend and while waiting for our expert diving guide to arrive, my ADD kicks in convincing me that I should jump into the 20+ ft deep water with my life vest and flipper on. I wanted to learn how to swim or at...

I remember being forced into enrollment in swim lessons at five or six years old. I was a brat. I hated my swimsuit and would "lose" it. Once I had it on, I would whine until the minute it came off. (I despise swimwear to this day and...

I've always been afraid of deep water. There was never any particular reason I just couldn't stand the feeling of not being able to touch the floor, freaks me out, whatever. So I had to take swim class in 8th and I was totally fine with...

It's kind of pathetic that I still can't, especially because I took swimming lessons when I was younger for about 3 years...I can't even float. XD

I went to the water park 2 weeks ago,with a friend,and well,me and her got into the wave pool,right...And we went all the way to the end of it,to the 6feet,I believe?And her,being 5'1" couldn't swim in it,but I could,and then,I drifted...

It is so fucking hot I am almost willing to risk drowning.

I never knew how to swim. I still don't. And I'm pretty terrified of it.The summer I turned 11, my parents sent me to take lessons. It was six weeks, and more specifically, six weeks of me kicking and screaming. And the whole time I...

I know how to swim. I took swimming lessons as a kid, but, no matter how well I knew the techniques, I could never float. When the time for graduation rolled around, my instructor told my mom that she would pass me because I knew how to...

my ear drum will not allow me to swim...I truly miss going for swims ....I used to love it.I hate a phobia for water for a long time after my little friend drown and then I learnt to swimwater still frightens meand so does my ear to be...

I am a water sign, my birthday is in the summer time. I love being in the water, I simply can not swim. My aunt used to take me to Rutgers and she tried to teach me how to float and swim. Once I went to Atlantic city with my grandmom. I...

I'm 17 almost 18 in march and i can walk and run in it fine but if i try to float or lay on stomach and paddle and stuff i like freak out,i don't go down under the water but i just don't give it a chance i'm afraid of it i guess!? I...

Omg!! Never learned how to swim... I'm serious. What was I doing throughout my childhood... Maybe playing outside-yes, riding bikes- yes, going on vacations with my family- yes.... And in all the amusement park, bar-b-quest, rolling...

People cannot believe that I do not swim and have no desire to learn. I had experienced a traumatic event as a child, and I am fairly certain that the event has cemented my view of the water and swimming in a permanent fashion.I grew up...

I'm one of those few who are classified as being unteachable. Even the Red Cross gave up on me. I took swimming lessons as a kid, but after several years the best I could do was hold my breath underwater for 4-1/2 minutes. When I...