Homeland|A lost submarine
The researcher explains how a person might react when trapped in a submarine.
Lost The crew and passengers of the Titan submarine have had enough according to estimates, there is no more oxygen for about a day.
A ship carrying tourists was on its way to the wreck of the Titanic when it disappeared on Sunday. The wreck is located at a depth of 3,800 meters, so the lost submarine may also be very deep.
The situation inevitably causes an extraordinary psychological burden for the people stuck in the submarine.
“Nevertheless, many factors affect how people react to such situations,” says the chairman and researcher of the Psykologiliitto Jari Lipsanen.
He assesses on a general level what is likely to happen in a person’s mind in a similar situation.
Jari Lipsanen.
First there will probably be a panic reaction. Typical symptoms include shortness of breath, tremors, dizziness, nausea, sweating and tremors.
According to Lipsanen, in a panic, a person may try to open the hatches of a submarine, for example, and try to escape.
If there are several people, there may be a lot of variation in individual reactions.
“It depends on the dynamics of people. Panic sets in easily. Reactions also depend on what kind of training one has received for such crisis situations,” says Lipsanen.
You can always practice acting in a panic. According to Lipsanen, the big question is how many of the participating tourists have been prepared for possible crisis situations. Even if the crew is trained for the situation, anyone may behave unpredictably in a new situation.
The body is also unable to maintain a state of panic indefinitely.
Panic may be followed by paralysis or external calming down. At the same time, a person can kind of give up and accept the situation.
At all the mere knowledge of a possible danger to life is very taxing on the psyche.
Lipsanen gives an example of research carried out in the Chinese Navy.
“The study found that 25 percent of the navy’s submarine crew experience mental health problems, even if they have not been in any kind of threatening situation.”
Information has also been received about stranded polar hikers who were not in acute danger of life. They have been diagnosed with symptoms related to schizophrenia.
In the case of the missing submarine, much of the guessing of reactions goes to the point of speculation.
“This is a very rare event. Not many of those in charge have come back to tell us what happened,” says Lipsanen.
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