The Surprising Mental Health Benefits of Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving has become a life-changing hobby, passion, and career of mine. After losing people very close to me, I struggled with anxiety, depression, stress, and in general felt like I was losing my purpose in life. Finding Scuba Diving allowed me to find myself, improve my mental health, and give me a total transformation in terms of the quality of my life. Scuba Diving in meditative, relaxing, peaceful, beautiful, social, powerful, and so much more. I hope you find this personal video worth sharing and maybe you'll take the plunge and join me on a scuba diving adventure.

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00:00 Intro
00:38 Why I Started Diving
01:20 Signing Up for PADI Open Water
02:14 First Day of Class
02:59 Improved Quality of Life & Sense of Purpose
03:19 Diving is Meditative
04:05 Becoming a Scuba Instructor
04:15 PTSD and Diving
04:39 If You Struggle With Anxiety or Depression - Try Diving
05:09 How to Become a Scuba Diver?
05:37 How I Improved My Quality of Life
05:58 Coping With Loss of Loved Ones

At Circle H Scuba, we share education and experiences you'll love to plan your next adventure. As a PADI Professional Scuba Instructor, I want to make you a better-informed scuba diver!

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[karenling]

Agree…❤ I started Scuba diving at 50. Fall in love with it, mental health improved. Less anxious and much happier now… THANKS for sharing your story.

[TheScubaStuds]

Nice work, and totally agree! It really has helped my daughter with her emotional rollercoaster, even just in our pool sitting and breathing underwater!

[SummersideDiver]

Thanks for sharing this with us! I had no idea you were so new to diving.
It truly is relaxing and meditative down there once we get past the initial learning curve and feeling of being task loaded.
I was certified in 2016, but then never did any diving until January of 2023. Between that time, I started a long distance relationship and spent all my time traveling to Alberta to be with my now wife. January of 23 we were in Hawaii and I tried to dive off Molokai, but was not at ease - too much task load to remember all the skills and deal with the wide open (and gorgeous) ocean.
It was at that moment I realized I needed to ReActivate and further my training and dive Alberta lakes. Since getting back in the water here, I’ve met an awesome community, developed new friendships, and expanded my knowledge and comfort so much, and continued to learn all the time.

[markginimalanaphy]

Great video, did you do the editing. Great job 😊

[californiacoast]

What’s been your experience with diving for people with anxiety?

[Aoemastr]

Thanks for sharing your story! I became a diver recently and it helped a lot with my day to day stress and my depression. I’m 100 % your opinion! 🐋

One question fellow bearded diver - What mask do you have? 🤿