Bioluminescence
03-27-2015, 03:29 PM
Hello everyone!
I'm very new to mermaiding and am slowly doing my research but I'm very glad to be here and can't wait to get started!
I'm a fairly experienced seamstress so I'm hoping to make my first tail out of fabric, and planning to buy a Fin Fun monofin as they're in my price range and I really like the way they move!
I do have a couple hangups that I'm worried about though...First, I'm utterly terrified of swimming in lakes or other bodies of water with poor visibility. I have my diving certification, but it's been a few years since I've been out on the water. I loved being in the ocean, but when my dad took me diving in some local quarries, I was utterly terrified. I didn't feel safe in the water and had a sick sense of dread because I couldn't see anything and there were weeds everywhere. To this day, even swimming in lakes normally sends me hyperventilating. Do you lovely merpeople have any advice for overcoming this fear? My closest pod seems to be up around Lake Erie, which is somewhat frightening for me. I want to be able to join everyone!
My other worry is that I'm plus size, and even though I'm in the process of losing weight and becoming healthy, I'm still self conscious about my body. I'm making a fabric tail so that I can take it in as I lose weight, but are there any specific styles of tail or top that I can make that will hide my tummy and the little bits of fat on my back in the mean time? Also, I'm guessing that mermaiding is great exercise?
If there are any threads related to these topics already up, feel free to direct me to them so you don't have to rehash everything here :) Thank you to everyone, I can't wait to get started!
I'm very new to mermaiding and am slowly doing my research but I'm very glad to be here and can't wait to get started!
I'm a fairly experienced seamstress so I'm hoping to make my first tail out of fabric, and planning to buy a Fin Fun monofin as they're in my price range and I really like the way they move!
I do have a couple hangups that I'm worried about though...First, I'm utterly terrified of swimming in lakes or other bodies of water with poor visibility. I have my diving certification, but it's been a few years since I've been out on the water. I loved being in the ocean, but when my dad took me diving in some local quarries, I was utterly terrified. I didn't feel safe in the water and had a sick sense of dread because I couldn't see anything and there were weeds everywhere. To this day, even swimming in lakes normally sends me hyperventilating. Do you lovely merpeople have any advice for overcoming this fear? My closest pod seems to be up around Lake Erie, which is somewhat frightening for me. I want to be able to join everyone!
My other worry is that I'm plus size, and even though I'm in the process of losing weight and becoming healthy, I'm still self conscious about my body. I'm making a fabric tail so that I can take it in as I lose weight, but are there any specific styles of tail or top that I can make that will hide my tummy and the little bits of fat on my back in the mean time? Also, I'm guessing that mermaiding is great exercise?
If there are any threads related to these topics already up, feel free to direct me to them so you don't have to rehash everything here :) Thank you to everyone, I can't wait to get started!