Slow Progress is progress, right? · Caribe Swim Adult Swim Lessons

Slow Progress is progress, right?

I have been working on my front float at my local swim school. The instructors (I swear they’re all 12, I’ve reached the age where everyone under 30 is a kid to me, apparently) have been pretty accepting of the fact that I’m doing my own process and they’re just there to observe. Which is good. The problem is that my amygdala remains firmly convinced that we’re gonna die if we let our hands off the wall. I did get my hands up a few times, enough that the coach slid the laminated sheet with the students’ names and what skills we’re working on under my hands while I had my face in the water. Is it okay that I still can’t fully let go of the wall if I’m making tiny progress every session? I feel like it’s going to take me a month to front float at this pace, but I’m not getting re-traumatized.

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