markun wrote:
Does anyone here swim? I'm thinking of starting but I'm very anxious about it. The pool is a five minute walk from where I live but I have never been there and am nervous about going.
Is it indoors or outdoors?
Going to a new place to do a new thing in a not-often worn outfit might be more 'new" bits than you need to deal with all at once.
Can you walk there sometime when it's closed and just get used to the area before commiting to go there to swim?
Check the place out. Pace around a bit. Know you're going home after you do.
That's what I've sometimes done when I know I'm going to be nervous about an upcoming activity in a new location.