Surely everyone knows that the dangerous and extreme situations - it is a coincidence that confronts human tasks that require limiting physical and / or emotional stress, often life-threatening and health, a word that goes beyond the usual human experience.How do the various disasters in the psyche of the people, we will discuss in today's article.
Extreme - it is also what we think of them
wisdom is that "life - it is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of what we think about it" directly relates tothe perception of an emergency.It is not only a real threat to life for themselves or loved ones is important in a moment, but then, as caught in these conditions people react to what is happening.
In this case, perhaps we can say that even the term "emergencies" - a personal definition.After all, many of the characteristics of such coincidences can be attributed to the personal perception of the event participant:
- innovation, responsibility, the difficulty of the situation;
- presence or absence of information about what is happening;
- emotional stress at a time.
Only one section is:
- external physical effects: hunger, thirst, pain, cold, heat, etc.
known, for example, that people are experiencing natural disasters are much easier than those associated with human activities.This refers to the conviction of the victims (by, for example, an earthquake) in participation of "God's will", the inability to do something about the situation.But armed conflicts, terrorist attacks, man-made disasters simply "blow up" idea of the immutability of the human world, the order of things and greatly disorient him.
Extreme - is a shock not only for the participants of the events
often the consequence for a person experienced are not only injured but also depression, exhaustion, insomnia, irritability, and unmotivated aggression.
proved that man-made disasters, natural disasters and other dangerous situations have a strong psychological impact (often expressed as a prolonged or delayed reaction) is not only involved in the events, but also to outsiders.Indeed, thanks to the media in today's world, many people become "participants" terrible events, involuntarily immersed in them and experiencing what is happening.
An example of such a situation, can serve as the death of Princess Diana, which is due to the vast amount of information is poured onto the inhabitants, it has turned into a tragedy not only for the family of the princess and her friends, but also for the incredible number of absolutely innocent people around the world.And in those days it was seen even psychotic manifestations in deep grieving about the death of Diana people.
Extreme - sometimes working conditions of human
Until recently, speaking about the extreme conditions of labor, we mean the astronauts, explorers, miners and stuntmen.But changes in the life of mankind has led to an increase in the number of jobs directly related to the extreme.Firefighters, air traffic controllers, rescuers, collectors, operatives also regularly exposed to it.
It is therefore important to study psychology in this area: the causes of extreme situations, the factors that cause a person to take certain decisions, ways of dealing with the consequences of disasters - all designed to help those in need to cope with it unscathed.
