How a past fear brought into a present life can be healed

My family spent every summer near a lake. I had no problem wading and splashing around in the water as a young child. But I didn't swim and had no desire to learn. At age 12, my mom sent me to a lakeside summer camp. According to the rules, every kid had to learn to swim. I waded waist-high into the water – no problem. But, when the swim instructor made me put my face in the water, I had a horrifying, fearful reaction. I bolted out of the lake. No convincing by the instructor or threats of demerits by the camp counselor could make me go back into the water. 

At age 43, I went to my first Holistic Fair. I sat at the table of a psychic. She told me that I had drowned in another lifetime. That did explain my fear of water, but she didn't give me any details. I remembered my pre-teen summer camp experience - and how much it terrified me when I had to put my face in the water. By then, I had learned that past lives can and do influence this life in one or more ways. 

After having had Past Life Regression Training and NLP Training, I found that I could safely do self-regressions. I decided to explore further what the psychic had told me about my fear of water stemming from a past life. I wanted to find out the details of why I had such a dreaded fear of water.

The little girl who drowned in the well

In my regression experience, I am dissociated. This means that I hover and watch past life events from a safe distance. I see a little girl about 12 (the same age as summer camp in this life). I know that she is me. The dress she wears looks Victorian. She is walking home from school on a country lane. There are pretty wildflowers by the side of the road. She picks some. I know she wants to give them to her mom. She gets close to her home. 

At the back of the property is an old, unused well. I see that the little girl intends to get water for the flowers. An old bucket is lying near the well, and she picks it up with her right hand. She leans over the edge of the well to grab the old, frayed rope with her left hand. She wants to tie the bucket onto it. But the old rope doesn't hold her weight. She topples over the edge of the stone wall and down into the depths of the well. 

Suddenly, I am in her body. The well is deep. It's Dark. Cold. The stone walls are slimy and too slippery. I cannot get traction to climb up. I see leeches and other creepy critters swimming around in the water. I yell for help. But no one hears me. 

At this point in the regression, I pop out of that self in the well. (Dissociate) I am now my observer self. I am now watching what happens as if it's a play or movie. I watch as the little girl treads water for a long time, desperately trying to keep her head above water. Her strength wanes. She gets exhausted and can no longer keep her face out of the water. 

The slimy critters climb onto her face. I can see that she's terrified. She drowns. I watch as her soul leaves her body. Her spirit body does float up out of the well but then wanders continuously around and around the well - looking confused. I now realize why this past life self who drowned at age twelve has bled through to me at age twelve in my present lifetime. 

When the swim instructor made me put my face in the lake water, I instantly felt the terrifying emotions of that past life as if they were my own. My fear of the water made no sense at the time, but now, after this regression experience, everything makes perfect sense.

Resolution for my past life self

When I saw her circling continuously around and around the well, I knew her spirit was stuck. Still earthbound. Sometimes, a person dies and doesn't know they are dead. That seemed to be the case with this child.