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| How To Be Calm During A Robery by HoliSmoosh(f): 5:36pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
 It's something you probably don't ever want to contemplate but it's equally something that you can all too easily get caught up in when in a bank, store or other place that handles money and seems like an easy picking for a robber. Steps Things You'll Need Tips and Warnings 1 Be aware of what is going on around you. Whenever you're in a place that could potentially be held up, such as a bank or a small store, stay alert. If you notice suspicious activity, don't go near it but leave and report it as soon as it is safe to do so. Trying to keep out of any hairy situation in the first place is the best way to remain calm.  2 Cooperate . Before anything else, signal your intention to the robbers that you intend to cooperate. This isn't the time for heroics and defiance . Make it obvious that you are acquiescing by responding to their requests promptly and not back chatting to any of their demands. Cooperating will help you to stay calm because your chances of surviving the incident are greatly increased by doing nothing to set off the volatility of the robbers.  3 Focus on staying calm. If you feel panic beginning to rise, it's important to try and slow down your thoughts and remain focused on pulling through. Signs of panic include a racing pulse, dizziness, sweating and cramps in your hands and feet; it will often progress to hyperventilation (difficulty in breathing), which can last for several hours. As you can tell, these symptoms risk dulling your senses and getting you through the situation with your wits about you because your body starts overriding your mind. If you do feel panic rising, try the following:  Aim to decrease the speed at which you're breathing. Focus on taking deeper breaths, more slowly. Relax all of your muscles. Do this by tensing them up deliberately for a few seconds and then letting them relax. You can do this unnoticed whether standing, sitting or lying down. Return to focusing on your breathing. 4 Listen as well as you can. Apart from gathering potentially useful details, listening carefully can help to keep you calm as you'll be more aware of what the robbers intend to do as they talk. Also try to watch the robbers' movements if doing so doesn't endanger you, as body language can help you gauge what they intend to do next.  5 Expect swearing, shouting and other unnerving noise and actions or reactions . If you're prepared for volatile, scared and crazy behavior from the robbers, at least you're on guard for the worst and can try to focus on protecting yourself, seeking any valid exit possibilities or finding ways to keep yourself out of harm's way (and unnoticed).  Avoid any sudden moves; most robbers are as nervous as you are and anything can set them off. If you do need to move, reach or change your position, tell the robber first so that they're aware and not surprised by your moves. 6 Focus on other people in the same predicament as you. A good way to remain calm is to assume responsibility for helping other people around you remain calm and supported. While you're busy trying to help them and be strong for them, you're less likely to give in to fearful and panicked reactions.  7 Spend time looking for ways out of the situation. Consider whether escape is a safe possibility or not (most times it is best to wait it out). Consider whether it is worth talking to the robbers or not. Working on strategies to get through the event can help to keep you calm because you'll feel that you have at least a little control over what is happening to you.  Don't try to outsmart or clever talk the robber. Always calmly talk about your needs, such as needing to collect a child from school on time or feeling sick, etc. Help the robber to respond to you as a person, not a brave hero or a nervous wreck. 8 Go inside yourself and build a protective wall. During the minutes of the robbery, time can seem to stretch eternally. It can help by drawing on inner resources to keep yourself calm and focused on the time when it will be over. If you have a faith , draw strength from your beliefs. If not, you can still draw on your reserves of strength and belief that you will see this incident through and it will soon be all but a memory. Visualize when the time will be over and you are free again.  9 Aim to stay calm and seek help after the robbery . Not only call the police as soon as it is safe to do so but call your therapist or seek debriefing through your workplace or through the police. You need to have the chance to talk out the experience or to air your worries to someone sympathetic and understanding. If you focused hard on remaining calm throughout the robbery, it's likely that a lot of your emotions have been delayed and the aftermath can be very confusing and anxiety- producing for you, so don't hesitate to seek help for working through your fear and trauma .  Remain calm enough after the event to try and write down all the things that you can remember about the robbers and the event. You may forget important things as time goes on and you are dealing with the aftermath of the robbery; this is a normal aspect of the brain seeking to heal a bad experience, so don't expect to be able to remember everything after time passes. Tips Avoid direct eye contact with the robber. Behave deferentially. What's worth more – your health/life or your dignity at that point in time? Try to stay as far away as possible from the robbers. And Whether or not the robber is obviously armed, always assume there are weapons involved and don't try to fight. By remaining calm, you give yourself the opportunity to think clearly and you present less of a threat to a nervous or hyped up robber, especially since you're less likely to make surprise moves. |
| Re: How To Be Calm During A Robery by Dhurmynick(m): 6:24pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
this is Good.. please which bank is being robbed tomorrow make i try am |
| Re: How To Be Calm During A Robery by kelvin1191(m): 7:23pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
Nice write up! I love ur no1 point. Infact, always study the enviroment u find urself in for possible escape. 1 Like |
| Re: How To Be Calm During A Robery by pendusky(m): 7:39pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
i remember shouting at one of the arm robbers wen he pointed a pistol on my head, i was ready to die, i remembered one of them teling me "kill that guy lets get out of here" i wanted to act jack bauer but they hit my head with matchet, in a jiffy i feel warm water oozing out of my head, damn it, it was my blood, at that instance i realize am not jack bauer i humble and lay down flat on the floor, . . my humble advice is pls even if u feel ther inexperience pls stay calm, coz ther ever ready to kill u before you kill them! 1 Like |
| Re: How To Be Calm During A Robery by juman(m): 8:40pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
nigeria is too backward. There are so many armed robbery things. One nigeria is the cause. |
| Re: How To Be Calm During A Robery by HoliSmoosh(f): 4:37pm On Nov 05, 2013 |
This m*ds self  |
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