Interesting. This describes my experience pretty well, up to the point where I couldn’t hold my breath any longer and took an involuntary lungful of water. However, while the chest spasms and all the rest of it were uncomfortable, I didn’t consider it painful, per se. I was a strong swimmer at the time and accustomed to holding my breath to my limits of endurance, so maybe that made the difference.
Yes, drowning is known to be quite painful but only for a very brief time before unconsciousness sets in.
I’ve almost drowned twice and there was no pain, just panic.
I don’t mean this to invalidate your experience in any way; I’ll just state sources to make clear where I got that idea.
https://medilexinc.com/a-spoonful-of-medicine-blog/the-process-of-drowning
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8928428
Interesting. This describes my experience pretty well, up to the point where I couldn’t hold my breath any longer and took an involuntary lungful of water. However, while the chest spasms and all the rest of it were uncomfortable, I didn’t consider it painful, per se. I was a strong swimmer at the time and accustomed to holding my breath to my limits of endurance, so maybe that made the difference.
Thanks for this. I’m glad you didn’t have to deal with searing pain since panic is already more than enough.