THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SURVIVAL

It takes much more than the knowledge and skills of first-aid, to build shelters, make fires, find water,, and travel without the aid of standard navigational devices to live successful through a disaster/survival situation; but even these skills most of us, living in our modern villages, towns, and cities, do not have.
Some people with little or nor survival training have managed to survive life-threatening circumstances. Some people with extensive survival training have not used their skills and died. A key ingredient in any survival situation in the mental attitude of the individual(s) involved Having survival skills is important --with climate change, drought, fires, flooding, other weather extremes and natural disasters,traffic congestion, the constant threat --due to our proximity to the USA of war,and the threat of terrorism attacks--it is impossible to overemphasise just how important but the will to survive is essential. Without a desire to survive--to live, acquired skills serve little or no purpose an invaluable knowledge goes to waste

There is a psychology to survival. anyone in a survival environment faces many challenges and stresses that ultimately impact on his or her mind. These stresses can produce actions, emotions, and thoughts that, if poorly understood, can transform a confident, well trained individual into an indecisive, ineffective individual with questionable ability to survive. For every stress there is a conscious or unconscious reaction. Every one must be aware of and be able to recognize those stresses commonly associated with survival or even normal family life and also be aware of the ultimate internal reactions people will naturally experience when faced with the stresses of a real -world survival situation.

We Need Stress because it has many positive benefits. Stress provides us with a means or comparison, with challenges; it gives us chances to learn about our values, our strengths, and our weaknesses,Stress can show our ability and disability to handle pressure without breaking; if tests our adaptability, flexibility and phoney airs. It can stimulate us to do our best or our worst. Because we usually do not consider unimportant events stressful--which they are--stress can also be an excellent indicator of the significance we attach to an event--in other words--it highlights what or who is important to us.We all need to have some stress in our lives--there can be no such place as heaven-- too much good, socializing --even love--can be bad, too much of anything is bad. The goal is to have stress, but not an excess of it.Too much can take it's toll on people and organizations. To much stress, like to much good, love, or socializing;  leads to distress. Distress causes an uncomfortable tension that we try to escape and, actively avoid.

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