Beyond Beans, Bullets and Band Aids

[Joe]

It’s an interesting concept and to some degree I agree, I suspect that 99% of the population would struggle to function in a real life of death situation. When people are faced with what is viewed as a terrifying event they tend to just freeze up, I’ve seen this so many times in the sports I’m involved with.
In order to mitigate this effect you need gradually and repeated exposure and eventually your brain starts to operate in this high fear environment.
The second stage is the after effects, people do struggle after a major disaster and most will be less than useless for several days after a major event. If they can stay alive during this they might have half a chance but the majority will just give up.
It’s all down to conditioning, even if you think you have everything in order if you haven’t experienced ultimate fear then you might just cease to function regardless of you brave you think you are.