Professor of Psychology for today: The sound that was dropped on the protest caused mass hysteria – society

She says it's jEdna from theories that appear in public, to explain the events of 15. Marta when people along the street Milan began to flee the surge of sound-like sound or vehicle that is to be a mass hysteria.

What is mass hysteria (MPO)?

Bodroža explains that mass hysteria or, more proficiently, mass psychogenic disease (MPO) represents the emergence of bodily symptoms (such as dizziness, chests, headaches, fainting) and emotion in the group of people and most often visual or verbal.

« As a rule, the MPO is noted when it is definitely determined that there are no exploited and confirmed causes of the experiences described, ie when such corporeal symptoms cannot be stipulated by another objectively determined factor. The group of people in which the MPO occurs most often experienced stressful event perceived as the trigger of their symptoms. It is important to note that the MPO occurs as a rule in a situation where people are already aroused – e.g. Excited for something, after sports activity or other circumstances that increase the arouse of the whole organism, « he explains psychological.

Has the Sabbath event could be MPO?

Bodroža indicates that the event should be decided on two components – the immediate experience that citizens at the protest had, which stated them to start fleeing and bodily experiences immediately after the event. Second the bodily and health symptoms that began to feel in time after the event (eg from 10 minutes after the event until one day later).

« A large number of Protestants testified that they heard an unusual strong sound, like a huk, a large plane or vehicle that approached at great speed, and which made them start fleeing them. The recordings of protests also see that citizens, affected the sound approached, began to turn behind, and then seeing others who flee to the side, to run away. The sound that stated at least part of the citizens seemed to be unequivocally present, but it could be a shout and composition of those already given in the escape, or it was a sound from an unidentified source that is speculated to be a sound cannon, « says Professor.

He adds that only happiness, a large part of the citizens remained altered, and was prevented by Stampedo, which could lead to far more serious consequences.

The second part of the testimony, according to its words, concerns the health problems that citizens had after this event. The usual physical and health symptoms of the MPO are dizziness, chest pain, faints, headaches. The part of the symptoms that citizens describe, fits into these body sensations. However, it says, some bullyed, experienced the earnings, honey bleeding, heart problems, as well as a pacemaker, or extreme cases, heart attack.

It indicates that most such symptoms, as well as a pacemaker, does not fit into descriptions of symptoms that occur within the MPO.

« To collect testimony of people who have experienced different body sensations, it is very important to separate which symptoms appeared immediately after the event – e.g. In the first few minutes, from those who came in time that followed. The reason is that the MPO develops by seeing other people in a certain state or hear about their own body condition, so they have experienced the same powerful stress, and their minor bodily sensations are starting to attribute the event, and that it often happens that car conjunction will strengthen the experience of bodily symptoms. Let's say, even though they were currently planned with strong sound, seeing others who show signs of dizziness, headaches and the like, people unconsciously encourage such body experiences. For this development of symptoms it takes some time, at least a few minutes to an hour, ie. They do not occur instantly, « Bodroz.

Psychologicalism says that the MPO is important for almost as a rule arises in a situation where people are already physically aroused, without the case in the initial situation on Saturday, because people stood quietly in silence.

He adds that there was no jumping, panting, excitement and other humanizations that the first symptoms were due to the MPO, because the present citizens had no bodily symptoms as a result of sounds heard and general run. However, the later development of health problems, she says, could be a consequence of fear that followed in the minutes they followed.

« It cannot be asserted with certainty that the events of the Saturday are the consequence of the MPO, ie that this is the only and exclusive explanation of people's experiences. It is necessary to further collect testimonials with particular caution and separation of symptoms incurred in the first minutes of events, from those who have arisen later, « he says Professor.

Conflect notes that you need to pay special attention to those symptoms that are not the usual part of the MPO symptomy, such as firing the earnings, bleeding from ear, a device of a device like a pacemaker.

« Finally, if there was a » weapon « used, it was not excluded that some symptoms that are often related to MPO are not really a consequence and sound stroke itself. Finally, it should be noted that symptoms incurred by MPO gradually disappear most often during one to two days, « says Bojana Bodroz for today.

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