Childhood Trauma Enveloped 7 Year Old Michael Jordan After Losing a Close Friend and Developing a Lifetime Phobia
Michael Jordan is widely recognized as the greatest player to ever play the game of basketball. Jordan’s dominance on the hardwood was so grand and majestic, that most of his opponent’s feared him on the court. Even his own teammates were intimidated by the overarching aura of Michael Jordan. However, there’s one thing that MJ himself was scared of. Water. Yes, His Airness reportedly had Aquaphobia, fear of water. Incidentally, Jordan lost a friend at a very young age after the boy drowned in water. Jordan was present on the scene at that time and was trying to help him. The boy reportedly tried to pull him down in a desperate attempt to survive. The trauma from the incident lead to MJ’s Aquaphobia.
When MJ stopped getting into the water
And his fear of water was at an all-time high. He had said that he stopped getting into the water. MJ had even admitted that he was sometimes scared to even take a bath.
his parents' assistance came in handy to tackle his phobia
Jordan tried to conceal this from his friends and made up excuses when it was time to go to the beach or pool. But his parents tried to help him with this fear. The Bulls legend had said that he had slowly overcome his fear of water as he grew older. And with all the fancy watercraft like jet skis, yachts, etc he owns now, it looks like his fear of water is not as strong.