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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
Excellent article FD. Just had this experience with my son yesterday - he exhibited all of those "non-TV" symptoms. He is very new to swimming and has a phobia about water. He tried to get to me in water that was slightly over his head, slipped and started to panic. I was only two feet away and got him so it was no big deal - His heart was going a mile a minute though.
Honestly, I didn't recognize his actions as this "Instinctive Drowning Response" until reading the article, but it describes exactly what he was doing - Head low in the water; mouth at water level; head tilted back with mouth open; eyes glassy and empty; unable to focus; hyperventilating or gasping; and trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway.
Excellent article and damn helpful. Absolutely one of the most useful things I have ever read on Warpath.
Thank you.
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I'm 45 and have lived on or around the water sense I was 5 and in 40 yrs. I had never heard or read anything like this on drowning. I have also printed it off so I can give it to people I know who spend time on the water and will also pin this up at our cottage in Nags Head.