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---------- From: daemon To: techdiver; rbell Subject: Re: Panic Date: Wednesday, July 19, 1995 11:23AM > I've been unfortunate to witness some nightmare situations in life and it > seems that some poeple almost automatically go into the action mode while > others freak or become paralyzed. My guess is that the latter two groups > won't be posting too much about their close calls ? > Panic is a strange animal. Even those who don't normally panic are susceptible to it and may have more problems when it hits because they ar unprepared for it. Everyone can panic. Each individual's threshold is different, though. Many people who survive situations cite the training they had. They went into an "automatic" mode and were able to concentrate on procedures. In the military I had a grenade go off pretty close by. No one got hurt, but two guys immediately jumped up and ran. I started laughing because it struck me as funny that they ran AFTER the explosion, as if that would do any good. Those guys thought I was nuts. Not that I thought having a grenade go off was funny, but panic makes you do weird, usually counterproductive things. Like Richard Prior, the comic, said: "Snakes make you run into trees". Rick -- Having spent over a year in a combat environment I feel safe in saying the following. Yes training is a major factor in survival! Yes sometimes you do panic, however if you are lucky your training will take over and save your tail. I'd rather be lucky than good, because luck will save your tail when being good has no chance at all. I am however a firm believer in training till you drop, for certain diving skills this is required, i.e. clearing masks and regulators, buddy breathing and the rest of the basic skills. By the way I'm not new to the diving game, I was first certified in 1962 and stopped loging dives years ago Tom NAUI Master Diver Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'.
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