how did the incident at ymca pool affect Douglas later in his life(deep water)
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Douglas had a scary incident at the YMCA pool. One day while he was swimming alone in the pool, a boy threw him up deep into the end of the pool. This horrifying incident scared him.
He however kept his composure and somehow managed to bring himself up to the surface of the water with the help of a big jump and paddled to safety from the bottom of the pool.
This horrifying incident kept creeping in his mind. He started fearing of getting drowned in water. The very idea of getting drowned kept him away from water sport activities like fishing, boating, etc
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The author (William Douglas) had gone to YMCA pool to learn swimming to overcome his childhood fear. However, a mishap happened that further deepened his fear. The narrator was sitting alone on the edge of the pool; a big muscular boy came and threw him into the pool. Douglas did not know swimming; he almost drowned. If the muscular boy had not saved him, Douglas could have drowned.
The drowning incident at the pool had many short and long-term consequences on Douglas. The short-term consequences such as weakness, trembling, sickness, haunting fear of water, etc.
As time elapsed, these consequences took the shape of more sinister and deeply ingrained fears. Douglas developed a perennial aversion to water; the very sight of a water body such as a lake, river, water fall, etc. made him petrified. When he accompanied his friends to any picnic spot, he would stay on shore, while his friends enjoyed the water sports and recreational activities. Douglas felt terribly scared and bad about it. This humiliation gave birth to a strong desire to overcome his fear of water.