What incident did Douglas face at the pool? what was it's effect on his life?
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His experience of drowning at the YMCA pool had a very deep impact on Douglas. He became extremely terrorised and fearful of death. He had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror that fear of it can produce.
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The incident that Douglas faced at the pool and its effect on his life:
- Douglas, a ten-year-old child, was standing alone at the YMCA pool when he was snatched up by a big bully and pushed into the deep end, where he was ins-tantly thrown to the bottom.
- Even though he was able to come up with much difficulty, he was unable to return to the pool.
- He began to fear and shun water.
- When he was not in the water, he was overcome by a terrifying panic.
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