Ways to understand and act during a traumatic event

[Ἆxule]

My girlfriend's dad got beat up recently by some random dude in broad daylight, and their whole family is wondering why no one helped him. Whatever the reason is, it got me thinking. Would I have been able to act if I had seen him getting punched in the face, or would I have just stood there dumbfounded not being able to move from fear and having one of those, "Oh God, is this really happening?"

This event wasn't really traumatic for me, but it helped me realize that I need to be sure that I can act if anything like this happens to me or my friends and family.

So here is my question for you all: Have you ever been in a traumatic or something like I explained, and if so, how were you able to act upon it if at all?

[saivon]

Yeah actually, I almost set my whole room on fire when fiddling with a model rocket near my couch if I did not rush into my closet to put the fire out with the towel my curtains would have caught on fire and who knows what else. For me in that moment it was basically just pure instinct like my actions just took over I only knew what was best really. Not sure if mine counts as traumatic but it could have been.

[·UηİŦ··]

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The worst situation I've been in involved someone getting smashed into a mirror during a fight (inside an unsupervised classroom), and then bleeding profusely.

Yes, I did act. I was almost compelled to act, though honestly I was riddled with adrenaline. I had to actively calm myself down, and I barely managed to do that while considering that someone might actually die. It's hard to think straight during events like those, and I don't blame anyone at all for not knowing what to do.

3 people basically just made a circle and clambered in confusion while one person restrained the guy who flung the other guy into said mirror after throwing some punches.

It even took me a few seconds to consider moving in order to get the staff to respond to me dashing through the hallway, after seeing someone get shards of mirror in their head. Flight or fight...


Also saved someone from cutting off their own hand in a workshop (class effort). Scary as hell, because their sleeve got caught in the machinery and it made this horrible whining sound.

I guess sometimes people play the "It's none of my business, someone else will take care of it" card, until no one does.

tl;dr Yes.

I managed to overcome the surreal flux of adrenaline and basically prevented someone from bleeding out, but it was incredibly hard to keep a leveled head when you consider that someone could die while you're running around aimlessly. I don't blame anyone for standing still and doing nothing, but to be honest I couldn't sit back and watch someone get beat up while 30 people cross the street to catch a bus... even though that someone might actually have stolen a purse.

I'd think it'd be better to find out, while applying common sense (e.g. that guy is wearing a ski mask) instead of leaving it for someone else.

[blαh2355]

It's one thing to think about what to do in x situation but it's another to actually be in it as you're in shock/terror and adrenaline is pumping through.

I have a friend which at times lowers their self-esteem because they keep saying that they're not good enough and suck compared to everyone else which is totally not true as that friend is awesome in a lot of ways. One day after school, I noticed some cuts near their wrists. At first I thought in my head "oh shit/wtf" and it scared me for a bit. I swear that the color of my face had gone pale too. I tried talking some sense into them but I couldn't take my mind off of it for a while. It disgusted me. Thankfully, I don't think my friend ever did that again so it's a momentary sigh of relief.

[Prox]

I don't think I have ever been in a situation like this before but I do believe that everyone will have to face these kind of situations at least once in their life so from time to time I tend to think about them too, in a way preparing for them, weather it will help only time will tell.

[BJ_Cumstain]

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the worst situation that i have witnessed was at my job
a guy basically cut off his thumb and index fingers, since i was there when it happened i had to help slow the bleeding, call 911 and help locate the thumb since the index finger was still attached by a sliver of skin. 

[qt]

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the worst situation that i have witnessed was at my job
a guy basically cut off his thumb and index fingers, since i was there when it happened i had to help slow the bleeding, call 911 and help locate the thumb since the index finger was still attached by a sliver of skin. 

Pics?   

[BJ_Cumstain]

Pics?   

want me to post pics of a bloody hand, WITH VISIBLE BONES?
hmmm.

[qt]

want me to post pics of a bloody hand, WITH VISIBLE BONES?
hmmm.

Yes please

[BJ_Cumstain]

Yes please

You have a wierd fetish my friend

Ill post them somewhere else but not here after i get them

[qt]

You have a wierd fetish my friend

Ill post them somewhere else but not here after i get them

lame

[BJ_Cumstain]

lame

Wut u call me bish

[Astropilot]

In a situation where I would be trapped in a full warehouse with lava slowly pouring up from the ground I would use any resource available to save my ass by getting out of there. If it were to be a fight however, disregard all rules and find the nearest blunt object.

[Frank]

In a situation where I would be trapped in a full warehouse with lava slowly pouring up from the ground I would use any resource available to save my ass by getting out of there. If it were to be a fight however, disregard all rules and find the nearest blunt object.

In fights, you should abide by the rules (if there are within the fighters). They're there for REASONS (not killing/CRIT HIT, CRIPPLE'D 4EVER). However, were there no rules, the best result is ALWAYS to gtfo.

[TehHank]

2 years ago, I already sick Grandmother collapse in the kitchen and she threw up all over the floor. I tried to carry her out and get my mother while doing this in order to get help. It was extremely traumatizing for me as she was unconscious. She wad admitted into hospital after an hour. She recovered and later that week, she flew to America with my aunties to visit more of her grandchildren. She died several days later of Bowel Cancer.

Was the saddest day of my life.