Question

Why does Douglas as an adult recount a child hood experience of terror and his Conquering of it ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Because he had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror that fear of it can produce. He learnt the will to live in great intensity. This experience can only be realised by those who had faced to conquer it. ... After his misadventure in the pool at the Y.M.C.A., Douglas was amidst the fear of water.