Panic is one of the major psychological problems experienced by the people suffering from fear psychosis. People who become the victim of this kind of psychological problem suddenly become the suffer of it. Panic may harm any individual person or also a group of persons. Panic may also affects
a group of animals. Panic generally happens when a person falls in disastrous situations or even in any kind of violent situation. Panic occurs when any body falls in any kind of emergency situation like robbery or any kind of turmoil. Panic is the natural reaction of this type of emergency situation and it also often helps to solve this type of emergency situation.
Origin of the word panic
The word panic has its Greek origin. The word panic has been derived from the name of a Greek god
Pan. It was believed by the ancient Greeks that this god has got the power to create too much fear
which has no rational basis. According to the Greek mythology the god Pan created fear in the minds of the men and women generally in lonely or open places.
Panic was one of the useful techniques for hunting animals. Animals specially ruminant animals were cornered at the time of hunting. Herds of the animals and also ruminant animals were directed towards the cliff of the mountains by the chasing group of people making mad like noise by their mouth. These strong and very unusual sounds often cause the herds of cattle panicked and they started to run towards the edge of the hills. The animals jumped from the edge of the hills into the gorge and faced their deaths.
Panic is generally closely related to the phobia. Panic or phobia are also very much contaminating in nature. When one member of a group comes under the influence panic it often happens that other members of the group will also start to behave in the same way. The members of the group often become irrational when mass phobia affects an entire group. This kind of mass phobia or mass panic can be controlled by way of proper thinking or self-disciplined. Disaster drills are the most effective way to combat the panicked situations. Panic often happens when some kind of rumor spreads out in the public place. People start to run in panic and the wayward movement of a large group of people often cause situations like stampedes.
Designers of the houses and also the architects often try to provide a suitable exit point to the crowd
visiting community halls and large centers of entertainment. This exit point is made so that people can safely exit from these halls and also to prevent any stampede like situation. The famous religious shrine of Mecca was also redesigned by the authorities of Saudi Arabia to prevent occasional stampedes which have killed many people at the time of Haj. Panic among the visiting pilgrims in the religious shrine of Mecca have caused frequent stampede which have killed many people so far.
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