Open Water Panic

[run it, ride it]

I'm kind of the other way around. I freak in swimming pools, but I'm fine in real water, especially with a wetsuit on.

I'm in the same boat. I grew up right next to a lake, swam off our sailboat in open water no prob, capsized and righted dinghy boats in rough seas without batting an eye.

I absolutely panic in pools. The goggles impair my vision, I'm anxious that people will run over me, that I will swim into the wall. The humidity tricks my asthma. I feel completely trapped. To top it off I've always got lifeguards hanging over my shoulder thinking I'm drowning when the asthma hits.