Ever Freak Yourself Out?

[ccuda]

Night dives. Though now I've logged 76 night dives, I still get freaked once in a while when you accidently brush your fin or a part of you against something you didn't see or expect to be there. Sometimes it's bumping into your buddy, as when some buddies night dive, they tend to be a little closer to each other to see what the other is seeing. <br><br>It's like walking into a room at night without much light for reference, and your reaching for the light switch but bumping into something that you weren't expecting. I get the knee-jerk reflex reaction and pull back really quick, my breathing and heart-rate increases until I settle down and figure out what it is. Ha, Ha, then I have to laugh at myself.<br><br>Now, now, no scared of the dark fraidy-cat jokes!<br><br>The one time I'm seen a lot of people get freaked out is on deep dives. When you see someone who's been Narc'd for the first time and they realize what happened, you see how freaked they are in their eyes. (Some divers hate that out-of-control feeling and they build panic, not the euphoria that's sometimes referred to) That's a nervous moment trying to get them into shallower water without them wanting to bolt to there.