Story & Photo Submissions

Feel Good Swimming welcomes stories and photos that help people understand what swimming can feel like with less shame, less pressure, and more ease.

The focus is swimming.

This is not a general nudism, naturism, or lifestyle-submission page. Those experiences may overlap with Feel Good Swimming, and they may matter deeply to many people. But this project is centered on one simple activity: swimming.

Swimming is an “ing,” not an “ism.”

What Kind of Stories Are Welcome?

Stories can be short or long.

A story might be one sentence, a few paragraphs, or a longer reflection. It does not have to be dramatic. It does not have to be polished. It does not have to prove anything.

The best stories are honest, specific, respectful, and centered on the experience of swimming.

You might write about:

• your first swim without a swimsuit
• swimming at a private pool, clothing-optional beach, resort, club, lake, or other respectful setting
• what made you nervous before the swim
• what surprised you once you were in the water
• how the water felt without a swimsuit
• whether swimsuit discomfort affected your enjoyment before
• whether the experience changed how you felt about your body
• whether you felt relief, freedom, awkwardness, humor, joy, or calm
• what you wish you had known before trying it
• why swimming feels better, simpler, or more natural to you now

Your story does not need to be a conversion story.

It can simply be:

“I got in the water. I felt the difference. I enjoyed the swim.”



That is enough.

Keep the Story About Swimming

Please keep submissions focused on swimming, water, swimsuit discomfort, body comfort, respectful settings, or the experience of enjoying the swim itself.

Feel Good Swimming is not looking for stories primarily about general nudity, nudist identity, naturist philosophy, sex, exhibitionism, shocking strangers, or breaking rules.

The goal is to help people think differently about swimming, not to pressure them into a lifestyle.

What Not to Submit

Please do not submit stories, photos, or messages that are:

• sexual or explicit
• voyeuristic or exploitative
• focused on shocking, embarrassing, or provoking others
• mocking someone’s body, swimsuit, fear, discomfort, or choices
• encouraging illegal activity
• describing non-consensual situations as positive
• revealing private information about another person
• identifying people who did not agree to be included
• focused on minors in a way that raises privacy, safety, or consent concerns
• hateful, cruel, threatening, harassing, or discriminatory
• unrelated to swimming or the purpose of Feel Good Swimming

Feel Good Swimming is about respectful, appropriate, legal, opt-in settings.

It is not about making strangers part of your statement without their consent.

Photos Are Welcome, With Care

Sometimes the joy of the swim is easier to see than explain. You may submit a photo if it helps tell the story.

Photos should be respectful, nonsexual, and connected to swimming, water, place, comfort, joy, or the feel of the experience.

Good photo possibilities include:

• a pool, lake, beach, or swim setting
• a towel, water, deck, path, or peaceful swim scene
• a smiling face or ordinary swim moment
• a group photo where everyone clearly agreed to be included
• a symbolic image connected to the story
• a non-identifying photo that captures the mood of the experience



Photo Consent Rules

Please send only photos you have the right to share.

By submitting a photo, you confirm that:

• you took the photo or have permission to share it
• everyone clearly visible in the photo has agreed to be included
• the photo was not taken secretly
• the photo was not taken in a private setting without permission
• the photo is not from a private group, private event, or restricted space unless you have permission to share it
• the photo does not expose, embarrass, exploit, or identify someone who did not consent
• the photo is appropriate for a public-facing Feel Good Swimming site

Do not submit hidden-camera photos, surveillance-style beach photos, screenshots from private groups, or images of people who did not clearly agree to be included.

A person’s comfort in the water should never become someone else’s content.

Editing and Publication

Submitting a story, message, or photo does not guarantee publication.

Feel Good Swimming may review, edit, decline, publish, remove, or republish submissions at its discretion.

Submissions may be edited for:

• length
• clarity
• spelling and grammar
• privacy
• tone
• readability
• site fit
• removal of identifying details
• removal of anything inappropriate, confusing, or off-topic

Feel Good Swimming may decline any submission that does not fit the purpose of the site, raises privacy or consent concerns, appears unsafe, feels inappropriate, or does not support the respectful spirit of the project.

Names and Privacy

You may submit your story using your first name, initials, or a chosen display name.

Feel Good Swimming will not publish your email address.

If you prefer not to have your name shown, say so in your message.

Please do not include exact private addresses, personal phone numbers, private contact information, or identifying details about people who have not agreed to be included.

Permission to Use Your Submission

By submitting a story, photo, or message, you give Feel Good Swimming permission to review it and, if selected, use it in connection with the project.

This may include publication on FeelGoodSwimming.FYI or related Feel Good Swimming materials, such as social posts, graphics, newsletters, or promotional content.

You still own your original story or photo, but you give Feel Good Swimming permission to use, edit, excerpt, and present it for the purposes of the project if it is selected.

You may contact Feel Good Swimming later to request a correction, name change, privacy edit, or removal. Reasonable efforts will be made to respond, but removal cannot always be guaranteed from screenshots, archives, printed materials, third-party shares, or materials already distributed.

Before You Send

Please ask yourself:

Is this really about swimming?

Was everyone involved treated with respect?

Was the setting legal, appropriate, and clearly understood?

Does this help someone feel less alone, less ashamed, or more able to enjoy the water?

If yes, your story may be a good fit.

The goal is simple:

Help more people remember that swimming does not have to be a body inspection, a clothing problem, or a shame ritual.



It can just be water, body, movement, and joy.