SCUBA Diving in the News

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Why are some people more resilient than others—and can it be taught?

Building resiliency through social connections and exercise can be a great strategy to have in your mental wellness tool kit.

LifeWaters offers scuba diving and scuba certifications as part of recreational water therapy. The non-profit organization improves the lives of disabled Veterans with a dedicated staff of volunteers, including Spinal Cord Injury therapists, doctors, nurses, Veterans and civilians.

Begin to gather a little experience in scuba diving and you will soon start to encounter the emotional aspects; when you see an ocean creature appear from the blue, you feel the excitement! When you are learning to do something new and it doesn’t quite go as planned, there may be some fear or frustration. You soon see these events have a noticeable effect on your diving: maybe you lose slight control over your buoyancy or go through your air a little faster than usual.

Service members are dying by suicide at a rate four times higher than in combat, according to the United Service Organizations.