1.
When your best friend is something called a Shammie and you don't know what the hell you would do without it:
2.
When your swim team gets all the hype and you feel like leftovers:
3.
Or just as bad, when someone doesn't grasp the fact that just because you're wearing a bathing suit doesn't mean you're a swimmer:
4.
Oh, and when swimmers walk by and don't understand how diving does not just equal jumping into the water:
5.
When you can't remember life without bruises:
6.
When this is basically the extent of your wardrobe if you're a female diver...
7.
...and when you DEFINITELY have to have a few of these on hand too...
8.
...and if you're a male diver, being in a Speedo is basically second nature to you at this point.
9.
That moment when you have to get out of the hot tub and you think you might turn into a human Popsicle:
10.
When your non-diver friends ask why you can never hang out:
11.
The accuracy of this image that shows how different your life is from your non-diver friends':
12.
And when a non-diver thinks they're showing off but you really just want to roll your eyes at them:
13.
When people don't know the full extent of your abilities:
14.
When your coach says the word "optionals" and you want to respond "NOPEtionals":
15.
This frustrating moment that has DEFINITELY happened to you before:
16.
When you encounter that one judge who seems to have it out for you:
17.
When you're about to get in and you know how freezing the water really is:
18.
When you always, ALWAYS have to have your coach repeat your dives a second time:
19.
And finally, when you smack and you think your world might end:
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