Approaches to support divers following an incident in scuba diving
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Heal the Wound, Share the Scar
Things happen in diving. Sometimes they go just slightly wrong. Sometimes they go horribly wrong. How do you share the story for learning or to help others without also spreading the trauma? If you have ever spoken to someone immediately… Continue reading
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Why Is Clearing a Scuba Mask So Difficult? Uncover the Challenges and Solutions
Understanding Why Water Enters Your Scuba Mask One of the primary reasons water enters a scuba mask is due to improper fit. A mask that doesn’t form a proper seal against your face will allow water to seep in. This… Continue reading
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2023 Reflections on “experience”
It is December, and time to look back over the previous year. This is a post I write every year to check what I’ve done against the intentions set for Fit To Dive. I would forgive you for thinking there… Continue reading
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Scuba diving PTSD: how common is it, why does it matter and what may be done?
Experiencing some lingering distress , mental or emotional issues after a traumatic experience is relatively common. Mostly, the person heals and the problem resolves naturally. However, for a proportion of people this reaction may develop into psychological stress injury or… Continue reading
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Review of 2022
In December 2021 I asked: …is it okay if we talk about what happens when dives go wrong? Is that something you would talk about with your buddies, or instructors? The rest of the newsletter read: Diving Psychology can help scuba divers… Continue reading
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Distress decompression to recover from a bad dive experience
Stress (or more accurately distress) is strangely similar to nitrogen. As divers we protect ourselves from injury because we understand the way that nitrogen build up in the body while breathing compressed gas/air during a dive. Being aware of the… Continue reading
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PTSD after diving accident: when to seek help?
When someone is physically harmed in an accident, we tend to have a rough understanding of the urgency of medical help. If the person has severe bleeding, broken bones, respiratory distress or other obvious signs of physical trauma, immediate healthcare… Continue reading
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New page to inform divers of support and self-help when a dive goes badly wrong
Do you think there is enough information and support for scuba divers after diving goes wrong? Not the immediate rescue, aftermath and medical assistance, but resources for mental and emotional impact. What about when there was no need for rescue… Continue reading
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Psychological Trauma in Diving
Diving is not always easy and sometimes things go wrong. The physical impacts of diving-related trauma are the realm of dive medicine, where we are making developments all the time in treating decompression illness and barotrauma. But what about the… Continue reading
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Removing mental blocks to diving with a new approach
Could you be holding onto a block … a feeling of something distressing, challenging or outright traumatic that seems to pop out of nowhere? Maybe you know that it is linked to an accident or other problematic diving experience, or… Continue reading
