The risk to be the witness or the participant of a dangerous and extreme situation is rather high. It can be, for example, natural cataclysms or accidents. The psychology of behavior of the person in extreme situations was in detail studied by experts, and it helps people easier to transfer and quicker to get out of the similar situations.
Extreme psychology and psychological assistance
The person who became the participant of some dangerous situation just loses control over the feelings and behavior therefore without the aid of other people not to cost him. The main task of the witness is to master itself and to transfer the tranquility to the victim. If the help is not rendered, then the situation will only be aggravated and human life can get derailed.
In extreme psychology the help to the victim is based on the main symptoms of a severe stress:
- Hysterics. In this situation it is necessary to make something unexpected and loud to draw attention of the victim. For example, it is possible to shout, give it slap in the face or to break something.
- Not perception of reality and hallucination. It is important to agree with the words of the victim and not to try to overpersuade him. See the area around and whenever possible remove all dangerous objects.
- Strong fear. To help the person, it is necessary to speak with him quiet tone, telling about any abstract events. Still it is possible to make massage of the most clamped parts of a body.
- Falling into a stupor. It is in that case recommended to carry out massage, but at first it is important to adapt to breath of the victim. Then mass two points on a forehead located over pupils between hair and eyebrows. At the same time fingers of the victim have to be pressed to the center of a palm. Still the person who is in a stupor should tell different negative things to cause in it emotions.
- Dejectedness. The problem of psychology of extreme situations is to distract the victim therefore try to ask it questions, for example, about family, work, etc.
- Aggression manifestation. Offer the victim any way to splash out energy, for example, let popinat a stone or will just shout.
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