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Diver-drama IN V ACTS Text ”Monia”, MONIKA ZYBER
A personal account of my difficult path to diving and of how the comfort zone creates a wall that separates us from fantastic adventures. And about this, how much we are not even aware of this "wall". About this, how someone who swims well can develop anxieties facing water, without even noticing it and how easy it is to accept it without any objection. About the fact that with the support of the right people you can overcome many adversities – if you only want to!
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Photos PRZEMEK ZYBER
I WHERE DOES THIS FEAR COME FROM? I was about 13 years old. It was a wonderful holiday at Lake Powidz with my parents and sister. The sun, the forest, a house on a hill, delicious fruit bought at the market, cold ice cream, several pieces of bubble gum chewed at a time and a competition to see which of us will inflate the bigger bubble... That's how I remember that time. Until the day I overdid it with swimming in the lake. It was also the day I passed my exam for the swimming card – I was so proud of myself! My sister and I were sitting in the water all day, competing against each other in diving time trials and jumping off the pier. It was a fantastic day... But then night came and with it an unimaginable ear pain, which despite painkillers did not let go. The next day, it turned out that I had severely damaged the tympanic membrane of my ear. Throughout the next two weeks of vacation, everyday