Short videos to help people see they are safe from the war in Iran

I’ve done lots of short videos for my longer blog post. They may be more accessible to panicking people.

Expect to add some more:

YouTube: No risk of the Israel / Iran war spiraling - Fact Check

The longer blog post is here:

You are safe after US strike on Iran - it can't start a world war - nobody will support Iran - Iran can't do anything - less risk than Trump's 2018 attack on Syria's chemical weapons factory

More videos from it:

See section in longer blog post: Israel has total air control over the capital Tehran of Iran and has destroyed all the Iranian air defences

YouTube: Israel's total air control over the capital Tehran of Iran - how this makes Iran militarily helpless

See section in longer blog post: Why Iran is very unlikely to close the Hormuz Strait - and not much happens if it does

YouTube: Ayatollah has veto - Iran not likely to block Strait of Hormuz - wouldn't do much

See section in longer blog post: Short summary of why there is no risk of a world war from Iran - Iran can’t fight the world and doesn’t want to

YouTube: No risk at all from US attacking Iran - part 1 - for people outside the Middle East

See section in longer blog post: What to do if you are in Tehran and can’t leave your home

YouTube: No risk to most civilians even in Middle East from Iran conflict - minimal risk in Iran / Israel

See section in longer blog post: No radiation hazard from enriched uranium underground

YouTube: No radiation hazard from the US strikes on Iran

See section in longer blog post: Why you are safe - understanding levels of confidence

YouTube: Why you are safe - understanding levels of confidence for things that scare you like wars

See section in longer blog post: Leaders of countries are not like kids in pre-school - they have mastered impulse control likely when they were aged 4

YouTube: Leaders of countries not like kids in pre-school - mastered impulse control likely aged 4

See section in longer blog post: Countries that have agreed never to develop nukes - and nuclear free zones

YouTube: Longer term we may see a nuclear weapons free Middle East then World then Hans Blix's End to Wars

Longer video covering many topics:

YouTube: You are safe after US strike on Iran - it can't start a world war - nobody will support Iran

Playlist of them all: Why you are safe from what's happening in Iran

Screenshot of playlist:

Playlist: Why you are safe from what's happening in Iran

For details and sources, see my longer blog post here:

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I often write them up as “short debunks”

See Latest short debunks for new short debunks

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I go through phases when I do lots of short debunks. Recently I’ve taken to converting comments in the group into posts in the group that resemble short debunks and most of those haven’t yet been copied over to the wiki.

TIPS FOR DEALING WITH DOOMSDAY FEARS

If suicidal or helping someone suicidal see my:

BLOG: Supporting someone who is suicidal

If you have got scared by any of this, health professionals can help. Many of those affected do get help and find it makes a big difference.

They can’t do fact checking, don’t expect that of them. But they can do a huge amount to help with the panic, anxiety, maladaptive responses to fear and so on.

Also do remember that therapy is not like physical medicine. The only way a therapist can diagnose or indeed treat you is by talking to you and listening to you. If this dialogue isn’t working for whatever reason do remember you can always ask to change to another therapist and it doesn’t reflect badly on your current therapist to do this.

Also check out my Seven tips for dealing with doomsday fears based on things that help those scared, including a section about ways that health professionals can help you.

I know that sadly many of the people we help can’t access therapy for one reason or another - usually long waiting lists or the costs.

There is much you can do to help yourself. As well as those seven tips, see my:

BLOG: Doing what matters at times of stress
— new WHO booklet to help with mental health during COVID19 pandemic

BLOG: Breathe in and out slowly and deeply and other ways to calm a panic attack

BLOG: Tips from CBT
— might help some of you to deal with doomsday anxieties

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