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0 pointsUnklejoe9y ago0 comments

I think there's some sort of primal human psychological defense mechanism that takes over.

I'm normally a very high strung person, but when my mother collapsed in front of me with congestive heart failure, I was unbelievably calm (until the situation was under control, after which then I started to freak out). It was a unique experience. I would have expected myself to start freaking out in a situation like that.

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Cthulhu_9y ago· 1 in thread

I like to think that most people, in a real crisis situation, know that freaking out won't actually help.

oneloop9y ago

I doubt that. You just have to look at plenty of footage that exists from plenty of horrifying situations. Most people in a real crisis freak out.

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