Psychology of terror

[squidge]

Sorry , to answer your question, the slow (lots of thinking time ) is to me much worse and brings on foreboding which horid.The quick reaction issues are deltwith differently and the panic happens after the incident.
The nightmares last forever.

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[Gordonmc]

Waiting for that thump on the doormat as the demand for this year's berthing fees arrives. Gulp!

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[Peppermint]

Re: Panic! Wot Me?

I generally like to avoid the sudden shock but would expect to react to it OK.

The slow build up of a situation I counter by building up my preparations as time goes on. Knowing you've got good kit and that your using it wisely is quite comforting.

The problem with sailing is that it might give you an "Oh Sh*t" moment in the middle of your ongoing anxiety. This is not good for the moral at all.

I've done a lot of sports that have a fear component but it's only yachting, and maybe mountaineering, that can drag the fear on for days. Add in tiredness and the wet and cold and it's a bit of a challenge sometimes.

Watching other people in rough conditions has convinced me that anxiety destroys performance in many cases and often manifests itself as seasickness or lethargy. The best defence is experience and that while some new sailors will rise to the challenge, not only will they rarely be the ones you'd have thought, even those that don't, often come back for more.

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[philmarks]

Re: Panic! Wot Me?

I had a thump in the pump last week - 9 feet draft, creeping in to Chipiona 2 hrs after high water, went on to the sand spit off the end of the mole - Blue Hound slows, dips her nose and then as she rocks back and dips her stern I'm in reverse and under full power, sliding off. Followed the fishing boats then on the other side of the channel (not usually something I do). Took about 1/2 hr for my heart rate to subside (and my knees to stop trembling). Got in Ok in the end.

In Type 1 I get the thump in the pump but stay calm and focused, tend to run on a programme (eg 7 or 8 things to do when you run aground learned the hard way).

In Type 2, I manage OK - I concentrate on identifying the options and then evaluating them.

Anyway, I'm still alive....despite ususally getting one interesting touching incident a year (last year a rock in Ria de Arosa).


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