Do you Panic?

[mapuc]

In a radio broadcast a police officer said that there are three types of people at an accident.

1. The leader- This person take command and gives order.
2. The follower- This person has to take order to function
3. The freezer- This person just freeze and doesn't work at all.

Markus

[Rockstar]

I’ve been out in some violent environments where my pucker factor was so intense you couldn’t drive a needle up my arse with a mallet. I do stress and my temper gets really short, though I never panicked. I had a great crew, no babysitting required we knew our jobs and each other’s job that helps a lot accomplishing the mission

But we knew our limits. One time we were called out for a SAR mission in a boat that was not even close to being designed to handle the sea state we found ourselves in. Honestly, we all knew what it was going to be like before we left but, as the saying goes our orders demanded we go out, but didn’t saying anything about having to come back . We all had similar thoughts going out but I sure as hell wasn’t going to admit defeat before we left the dock. So there we are in the Gulf Stream it’s pitch black making only about 2-3 knots against monstrous waves and wind action that blotted out the stars with another 50 plus miles to go. About two hours in Tony entered the cox’n flat and sort-a-kinda suggested that maybe RCC should get big a bigger boat out here.

Dude, that’s all I needed to hear and we were RTB baby, I was like fook this shyte. RCC called upon a 110 foot patrol boat to go out but their pussy LT said it was too rough for them. I think a 210 foot boat finally went out.

[em2nought]

The closest(not very) I've ever come to a panic situation was when a subordinate accidentally fused a wrench across the terminals of a battery and started to scream my last name(only time a female has ever screamed my name by the way) I reacted in a matter of seconds grabbing a wooden broom and knocking that glowing wrench off like it was a hockey puck. Kind of impressed myself with how fast and accurately I did it. Not sure it would translate into some other panic situation, especially if I was bleeding. Not sure I would react very well to myself being injured.

The only time I couldn't hold on any longer to the strut of an airplane I looked perfect for a few seconds and then my arms started to flail about so not sure about how I'd handle a problem there. I'm glad it was a static line jump. Loved the rest of the ride down though.

[Platapus]

It is not that uncommon for people not to panic when something traumatic happens to them. As others have pointed out, when the adrenalen kicks in, a lot of people gain clarity of thought.



In the military, I saw more people panic when something bad "could" happen to them or when they witnessed something bad happening to someone else.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by mapuc

In a radio broadcast a police officer said that there are three types of people at an accident.

1. The leader- This person take command and gives order.
2. The follower- This person has to take order to function
3. The freezer- This person just freeze and doesn't work at all.

Markus

Passive panic (not doing anything) is pretty common.