The second thing is to consider some of your own
equipment ...your buoyancy and control is so much better with your own BCD and a wetsuit that fits you properly...also an SMB is something you might really want
to consider...as well as fins that are not split.
I think she’s been beat enough over the weight. She’s acknowledged this.
I do second the other part. Having your own gear means you’re familiar with it; no fumbling with the weight belt, no struggling with the inflator.
Split fins are fine. Many divers use them. She just needs to be aware that they may not function well in certain conditions.
You can say it’s BS, but the science is there. DoctorMike posted the link to it already. This is scientifically proven to occur- not in every case, but enough to matter.
I’ve shown you how it occurs. You have yet to say or do anything except act like a child and whine that it is BS.
Grow up and try to say something more intelligent.
As to the rest, we seek Escape to AIR (correct survival response)
Wrong. Even a panicked diver at the surface shows this to be false. You can have an active panic, which one characteristic is high finning; they are attempting to escape the water. You can also have a passive panic, where they do nothing, and can even slip back underwater. If your
theory was right, and it is not, they would be fine on the surface, because they have air, and a passive panicked diver would never slip back underwater.
You need to take a Stress and Rescue class. You would learn so much.
We have basically two brains. Stimulus reaches the primitive brain a fraction of a moment before the less primitive brain (newer though in evolutionary terms), but both brains receive the same stimulus. If the primitive brain deems no action is required, then no fight or flight response (the less primitive brain response carries on, generally an externally learned response through external learning methods we are accustomed to). If the primitive brain deems a response is required, it will take over (also having received the stimulus first) and the less primitive part of the brain is inhibited. Stimulus - response - reward- re-enforcement (but two brains basically).
Wrong. The Panic instinct can be successfully over-ridden and stopped. Ask anyone who has been in high-stress environments before.
The panic response is also not about reward and reenforcement. It is a instinct present in everyone. But, like every instinct, it can be controlled. At no time is a person's higher level thinking overriden. They can still think, it just appears that the panic reaction is the best choice. If you were right, there would be no hope of controlling panic; anyone in stress would panic. The fact that people like firefighters, police, Soldiers, and anyone who experiences high stress can control it and respond appropraitely shows the mistake in what you believe.
The panic response can strike anywhere; underwater or at the surface. The over-riding urge is not get to air, because the diver
has air, especially at the surface. The urge is to ESCAPE THE STRESSOR. With training and experience, stress can be controlled, and active panic stopped. It is about establishing that thinking and problem solving pattern again.
Theas' panic (the fight or flight response) helped her survive.
WOW.
There is so much about that that is wrong. I can't believe you wrote that. Again, You need to take a Stress and Rescue class. You would learn
so much.
Her panic almost killed her. It compelled her to make an uncontrolled ascent. It prevented her from properly dropping her weights and inflating her BCD. It prompted her to remove and discard her regulator. It dicated a response that could have been fatal if not for the intervention of nearby divers- who did not panic.
Panic NEVER helps to survive in the water. It blocks the rational thought, focuses on ineffective solutions. It wears you out, depletes your resources in a frantic attempt to escape the water, and causes death. By your (il)logic, every diver in trouble should just panic and shoot to the surface like she did. The better response is a rational problem solving one that identifies the problem and a solution, followed by a controlled ascent, and positive bouyancy. Instead; panic dictates a rapid, uncontrolled ascent and flailing around the surface, often without the regulator or mask, trying to escape the water...until someone rescues them or they die.
Stress and Rescue classes focus on PREVENTING panic. There is a very good reason for that. Panic kills. It NEVER helps.
NEVER.
