Removing fear in survival-emergency drama

Survival / emergency drama-Would you make mistakes of fear for survival ?

In an emergency/natural disaster/hunting trip or any event that would need survival tactics, being afraid of making mistakes can stop you cold from doing anything. Sometimes it makes you over-think so much that you end up doing nothing about your situation. Fear creates anxiety and mental stress that can easily grow into various physical problems. 

Making mistakes of fear in your life only stop you from surviving and having success in life. Let's get rid of the mental wall that causes fear which of course causes mistakes. Here are a few tips that could help you do better and psychologically deal with it.

Making mistakes happens to everyone  

Try to plan ahead as much as possible when you know that certain circumstances can possibly happen. If you live in a flood area, prepare by having necessary bags packed that would help you. In a hurricane or tornado area, you would have various areas of your house re-enforced to withstand heavy torrents of air or water. In a snowy wintery part, materials would be used that keep you and your property warmer.

Without trying to accomplish things we aren't sure that we can achieve, our growth is stifled. You are going to make mistakes. Everyone does. Come to grips with this unavoidable fact of life and prepare as much as you can with a clear mind.

Don't worry about others knowing you made a mistake

When you're in situations that may call for quick thinking, you do the 1st thing that comes to mind. If  you have thought out your plan,what could happen and what you may need to do, your actions will not be just random thoughts. Instead there will be some ideas that work for you and keep you safer.

Many times, people are scared of making mistakes because of what others will think about them. The truth is, the world is not centered around you. Your mistakes are your own, no one else's. 

It may be a sobering reality but the world is not waiting for you to fail so they can laugh at you. In most cases, no one is concerned about your failure but yourself, so swing the bat. Who cares if you strike out?

Life-Changing success from failure

Thomas Edison failed a reported 1,000 times - all those mistakes- before he invented the light bulb. In school his teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything". He was fired from his first two jobs because he was unproductive. What if Edison had given into those early mental setbacks and stopped inventing?

Arguably one of the most important inventions of human history came about because Edison could'nt care less whether or not he failed. When a reporter once asked him how it felt to fail 1,000 times before he successfully discovered how to harness electricity for light, Edison said,  

"I didn't fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."

Don't picture Disastrous Results

The human mind is hardwired to protect us. When you contemplate failing at a certain endeavor, you inevitably over-exaggerate the results of a possible failure in your mind. Depending upon what you are facing, fear could cover you completely and you would fail. 

In order to succeed keep your mind sharp and keep any plan you develop at the forefront.

This is a survival instinct that dates back to the caveman days. Failure back then meant possibly being  eaten by some type of monster, freezing to death or starving to death.

We still have that mechanism in our brains today but for most of us, our survival is fortunately not on the line when we make decisions. Don't let the fear of failure in any situation you are in, beat you. The terrible outcome you can create in your mind can be disastrous to your survival. The results of fear of failure are almost never as disastrous as we expect they will be. Http://Survival2Emergency.blogspot.com