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> Panic isn't something that you can remove by training nor train for. On the contrary, that's exactly what repetitive training of emergency scenarios is about
by jjav 5y ago
> Panic isn't something that you can remove by training nor train for.
On the contrary, that's exactly what repetitive training of emergency scenarios is about.
Panic happens when you get overwhelmed with multiple bad things happening and each one requires dedicated concentration, you don't have that much attention to give so panic sets in and you do all of the tasks badly. The solution is to train repeatedly so all the reactions are muscle memory (or mental "muscle memory"), which lets you remain comfortable and in control because you've done this a hundred times before.
In SCUBA diving for example many fatal accidents are the overlap of simple problems that end up overwhelming the diver because they had not practiced it enough or recently enough.