I’m going for swimming every day. During week days I go between 5-6 and on weekends, I go in the morning. Some days I spend about 2 hours. Until a week back, I had enough energy even after swimming. But of late I’ve started to practice back crawl and I find that I am way too tired. Like this weekend, I was so exhausted that I slept for more than 3 hours during the day.

Now I can swim for about 18 mts using front crawl with proper breathing. I still pant like a dog when I finish it. But after some rest, I can do again. One day I did about 7 times. Other days, if I do other crawls, then I don’t do that much. As of now, I’ve learnt only front crawl. I’m not getting other ones. Still to learn.

As I already mentioned, I had this psychological fear of water because I drowned once. So I’m thrilled that I got out of it and am swimming. Yet, even now there are moments that I am gripped with the fear of drowning. I got to tell myself I will be okay. It is not an easy one, but I am trying and winning.