Nollywood’s Segun Arinze has taken to his Instagram page to reveal the reason behind his phobia for swimming and how he overcame it
Sharing a story about how someone tried to drown him as a young boy, the 54-year-old described the incident as the beginning of his phobia for the exercise.
Segun shared a visual of himself learning to swim again, courtesy of fellow actor Belinda Effah, Oge Okoye, and also Regina Daniels’ husband, Ned Nwoko.
He writes: “When I was a young boy I tried to learn swimming in Asaba Delta State and one boy tried to drown me when we got into a fight at the river where we used to play.
“Ever since I had a terrible phobia for swimming and ran away from any pool. So you can imagine me trying the swimming ropes many years after when @princenednwoko insisted I overcome the phobia by being my instructor thank you Distinguished Sir.
“Omo no be small thing ooo. See fear! Thanks to @fredoamata @belindaeffah @megastar_magazine @koffithaguru and my co-learner @ogeokoye for the motivations. It’s never too late to learn. #swim #overcomefear”
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Wow. Crazy story. At least he’s learning. What of people like me that can’t swim?
I have a phobia for water… If there’s anything like that. I don’t know if I’ll ever try to learn to swim
I actually have a phobia for swimming. Somehow similar experience when I tried to learn