Liau - Assignment 10

One of the things that scare me the most is drowning. I have been able to swim from a very young age and have been on a swim team for over 10 years. If I was ever in a circumstance where I couldn't swim even though swimming is basically my life terrifies me. Inhaling water is such a terrible feeling already, I can't imagine that over and over not being able to breathe or cough it out. Additionally, knowing you're dying and it's going to be painful is not a fun thought and most likely not fun to experience. I feel like you can't drown while unconscious and some part of your brain will recognize that you're drowning and that's scary. Also, I think drowning in a pool would be worse than in a lake or ocean because it's much less common and a lot more avoidable. I think the overall concept of drowning is scary to me because it's something that should be avoidable and when it happens you'll have to think about it being avoidable.