Its the silence, the water feels so nice like a hug all around you. Under the water you dont have to talk to anyone you can just be silent and have silence. Truly a peaceful time.
As the mother of one introvert and two extroverts, I confirm. This is a daily thing. I get asked "Where's so-and-so?" And I reply "Probably doing something in solitude away from everyone else's existence and loving every moment of it so please leave her alone." 🤣
Wish you were my mom growing up. I've been labled as a trouble maker or black sheep because I couldn't deal with socialising as a kid. Don't care now, in my 30s 😅, but as child-teen. It messes you up.
@NyssaOwens no need to be sorry, I'm good now. My parents are asian, so the whole forcing their kids in social events is normal. It's a way to show off their kids. But I don't make the same mistake with my son. I basically do the opposite what my parents did 😅
“She doesn’t wanna play with the other girls?” “Nah no she’s havin the time of her life over there” Is quite literally my parents at every social event all the while I’m in a corner on my phone 🤣💀
I did to but I didn't intentionally play dead. I wanted to see how long I could hold my breath. And I figured if I just float face down I could relax and hold my breath better.
@@CaspiRose99 Honestly same. Never did it for too long though cause I was scared someone would try to save me and that would be an embarrassment and a half
Yeah, same for me and my sister. Though, for her, it's mostly for my sanity. She's a little gremlin with psychopathic and sociopathic tendencies plus a hatred towards me that results in her planning my murder more than five times a day. The only reason she hasn't killed me yet, is because she knows that no matter what she comes up with, I would find a way to bring her down with me, and she plans to live longer than me. Besides, without me, she wouldn't have a willing target for a good old round of punch based stress relief.
Lmao, I figured out that the best way to hold your breath is to go limp so one day i do just that. After counting to two and a half minutes, I realised im head down limp floating on the top of the pool look like I drowned.
LOL 😂 Same! "We never know" or "Welp, we'll know soon enough! Anyways... Now what were you saying about that [insert whatever store name] sale? Been meaning to go there, but these d*mn kids...gestures towards us & then: 🙄 & them all: 😂😂😂"
I remember being 7 years old and going to the pool. I tapped my moms shoulder and said, "look, i can float", and then i proceeded to float on my stomach until my mom came over and pulled my head up from the water and said, "dont do that, people will think you're dead."
@@heehee3if you breathe full breaths for about 5 minutes, you actually store more oxygen in your blood cells allowing you to hold your breath much longer. Your blood will pass thru your heart supplying more oxygen on multiple passes. Staying still will help. If you move more, you expend more oxygen
You prefectly captured the tone of the "ow" It wasn't her saying, "I am injured," but instead her saying, "that kinda hurt but I'm more upset that you disturbed me"
"W- Why?!" "Oh we stopped asking those questions awhile ago." Kids are weird, just don't ask, sit back at a safe distance, and watch to make sure they don't actually die
@@Timtouchdown Cheers mate, that's rare nowadays. This coming from a stranger on the internet, Hope you and your kid/s have fantastic experiences and lives.
So glad my Mom was an introvert; she understood me. I once vacationed a week with family relatives (without my patents) and was constantly nagged to go outside & play. They thought I was weird for wanting to sit in bedroom and read or listen to music. It wasn't a fun visit for me. Couldn't wait to get home!
Ugh. That 'vacation' sounded like a prison sentence. Bet your family didn't see you for days once you got home and started your 'battery recharge' phase.
"She's having the time of her life over there" Wish my mom was like that when I was young. She would always push me to socialize with other kids when I didn't want to, which is probably why I have social anxiety.
Honestly, no. I self-isolated when I was a kid because I thought everyone hated me, I still hate large crowds (anything 15+ if I don't know them all) (extroverted introvert)
Photos from my child's school only include her generally, cos she's in the background somewhere totally engrossed in a book. The one time she was forced to take a picture for the news letter, she managed to sneak in her middle finger. She is now no longer asked aka allowed to be in photos for the school newsletter. She was excited to hand this note to me. Also had multiple calls during ages 6-9 because at recess and lunch she would often isolate to keep reading her book. Look she has a handful of friends and she likes them, but she also likes to be alone and that's cool. I don't understand it as an extrovert but I don't push the issue.
@@kaddy2 she probably thinks it's great your giving her the space for that instead of forcing the issue, she will find that extrovert friend eventually.
@@kaddy2 heh I was and am the same way, glad you are letting your daughter be her self, and personally if my daughter did the same thing like being happy for being banned from social stuff at school I'd be more amused then anything really.
I did that at a public pool once when I was about 10 and these random teenage girls told the life guard that I might be dead or drowning and I got “rescued” I had lots of explaining to do 😂
At 26 years old I like to float around training how long I can hold my breath and I have to often move a limb or something to let guards know otherwise I'd be banned from every public waters in the state lol..
As the kid, fact. As the kid who was taught to avoid the parent who was you, also a fact. And both are me. So how do I stop falling through the holes in the net?
@@eileenbutterfly7856 the real question is, are you having fun? if your having fun falling through the net then play. If this is a metaphor, then it sounds like the only way you can stop is, if you have a little direction from me, fact parent. And you, the child fact, try it then you might be surprised in what you see. And if you don't like it than that's okay too. Meaning if you're having fun with the trampoline and you keep getting it caught in the net and your having fun with it than I know you know better and your dog it because it's fun for you. I'll always be there to help even when you bump your head. And if this isn't answering your question then I'm sorry I didn't understand it lol 😅
@@eileenbutterfly7856 What? What is a fact? What does "as the kid, fact" mean? The way you are using the word fact makes no sense... a fact is a noun, it's a thing. Claims can either be fact or opinion. So what is this fact you speak of? What's a fact? What is this fact you speak of?
Why is this so real though😅. I live how you can only hear the water moving and bit but nothing else and that you for some reason, hold your breath longer than usual. It’s the most peaceful feeling ever.
You know when an idea makes perfect sense at the time? I literally did this for 10 minutes during a party when I realized I could breathe using air from the jacuzzi jets, until Mom pulled me out... also hiding in the dryer and closing the door... and the compartments in the truck bed...
It's surprisingly peaceful to "play dead" in the pool. I used to do this to releave the built-up anxiety from the over stimulation coming from the other kids.
I used to play dead on the pool every now and then as a kid, everything is pin point accurate lol, though my mom never threw a ball at me, she got one of my older brothers to check and they usually did worse than a thrown ball
Felt like me when I was a baby… at the kindergarten, I was used to escape the others by rolling on the floor until hit a wall… and stayed like this until someone noticed
I have done this multiple times when I was a kid. It was fun. I was just relaxing. My parents were really worried at first but they stopped worrying after a while too.
"she doesn't wanna play with the other girls?" "no...no" damn, if only my family had let me off so easily😭 it was a constant mix of, "if you smile and introduce yourself people will like you" and forcing me to interact with their friend's kids
The whole, “am I plying dead well enough to play the dead girl in a tv movie” thing just getting the dead part perfect enough for our own satisfaction.
I taught my daughter to own her introvert nature and to say to the host at a party, "I'm having a great time, and I'm going to take a little down time now. I'll be (over there, etc) where I can read somewhere quiet". This way no one worries about where she is or if they should be doing something different for her- both legitimate concerns for a host to have. It also models divergence in ways that make it accessible.
The first therapist I ever visited asked me a very basic question which was "What's your happy place?" And I replied very quickly "at the bottom of a pool" and there concerned reaction was so funny to me. They asked "you mean if the pool was empty, or you could breath." I said "no, a filled pool just as it is."
I used to walk around in circles staring at the ground and was so confused when parents were constantly checking to see if I was okay. I was happy as a clam.
I peeled bark off sticks and walked in circles around the trees, far from anyone else, playing in my imagination for hours. "No no, I swear, he's lying, he's an extrovert" my mother would always cry, to no avail.
Literally didn’t know anyone played dead in the water until you made this video. My mom once got asked if I were okay in a wave pool at a water park and she legit SIGHED and then said “yes, she’s fine.” It was a golden moment in my life.
I remember at a party of one of my mom’s friends, while all the kids my age,( I was 10) were running around playing, I spent the whole party with my mom’s friend’s dog. A big Rottweiler and I just spent the whole party talking and playing with the dog. When I went home my mom was upset I did not play with the other kids. I said the dog was more fun to play with. Now I am 19 and never regrets my choice. People suck, dogs are God’s gift to man.
Got invited to a party, some friends and quite a few I didn't know. Found the dog within a minute, and it's obvious she's not having a great night. "Oh, don't take it personally, but she's a rescue and really doesn't like men." 30min later and I'm now this dog's safe space.
When I was a kid I got very good at holding my breath (a little over 3 minutes) my happy place was the bottom of the 12 foot deep pool. Had to wave at my parents so they didn’t jump in to “save me”. Lol. Memories
My kid went through an ‘I’m a puppy’ phase. It didn’t last long and well, she’s related to me, so I was just fine with it. When my mother-in-law very kindly asked about it my response was near exactly as this one. ‘Mom, just put the cheerios in the bowl and give it to her.’ I knew she’d move on quickly, and as any parent will tell you- sometimes you gotta pick your battles. She’s a fully functioning adult now. Pretty sure just letting her have that one didn’t hurt anything other than the carpet.
Damn- this is relatable, well sort of anyways. When I was 2/3 I had a phase where I was a cat for a whole YEAR. My mum would have to feed me food in a bowl on the floor, I'd only Meow, granted I sucked at talking anyways but yah, I'd crawl everywhere like a cat, man I was a strange child. Weird thing is I'm an ambivert, sociable around people I live with and my friends, and terrible at social gatherings. I want to shrivel up in the corner and never leave that spot. Unfortunately for me I have to spend at least 30-60 minutes socialising before I can do that. It's torture. 😭👍❤️😅😁👍✨👋 Lol I rambled haha... Kay baiii! 👋❤️👋 Btw your kid sounds adorable. Everyone questions me though and I've nearly finished high school. 😂👍❤️✨👋
@@-AFON- First-You sound awesome yourself! 🙌💯 Also, I can totally relate with the stress of gatherings you’d very much do not want to be at. I too have a very strict time limit of how much time I can take. That’s totally okay and I’m sure more than just I can relate. I’m sorry people in your life don’t understand and keep questioning. I can only say as one awkward person to another age helps. And not just you. Soon you’ll begin to see and meet others who think you are amazing. It’s not easy but stay true to you. You are unique in this world, there will never be another you. 🪐🌎✨☄️🫶☮️💯
@@-AFON- Pffft :D I was a dog fetching stick alongside my dog, then I was a cat, then a horse :D Horse lasted for looong time, when I was galloping in my garden and jumping obstacles, well I guess that was healthy because of all the running and spending time outside :D
@@Nika44 I am really unhealthy right now with a body that makes me feel like I am dying, even though I'm in shape. But I was numerous animals like yourself lol 😅👍 I guess my body just hates me 😭👍 I still run around like a lunatic as well. Life is confusing. 😅👍 Anyways have a great day/night! Baiii! 👋
@@-AFON- i had a dalmatian costume that i would wear for well as much as i could XD i used to just crawl around on all 4 and follow my brothers and bark at them i was under 6 years old as this kinda stopped when i got a dog to play with But yeah i would just crawl into my brothers room and bark at them for hours would also drink out of cups like a dog and use my tounge 10/10 would do it again if the costume fit me The phase didn't really die out until i was 12 tho as i had a friend where we would none stop play dogs or zebras and lions so on I'm pretty sure it's normal XD
Family was watching old videos at a Christmas party. One of the vids, my brother and cousins were all gathered playing together. I was in the distant background rolling in the grass. Another we were all sitting at a table. They were all chatting and playing, and I was just staring in the middle distance eating a hot dog. I still can't handle groups like that as an adult. But now I have friends that are okay if I retreat for a bit before I rejoin the party.
