Jolie Smilowicz wrote: snip I can feel my heart race increase when someone says "wet exit." I still don't know how I get out of the boat, but I always do. Posttraumatic Stress operates on a lot of levels. It is precipitated by being "exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following were present: ...the person experienced....an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury.... and...the person's response involved intense fear, helplessness or horror." One of the effects is "inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma." All this from the DSM IV. I, too, have never been able to recall the steps involved in combat wet exits. My recollections always include every little detail up to the realization that I'm not in the situation I wish to be. And then every detail of swimming after getting out. But no memory of pulling the grab loop, sliding out, getting to the surface. And I never hang on to my paddle. Chalk it up to posttraumatic stress. I once took a class on the effects of trauma and one thing the teacher said was that the perception of time really does slow down in some emergency situations. Just like in the movies. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 29 2002 - 10:56:24 PST
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