Stress is a common physical and mental reaction to troublesome situations. So if you’re stuck in a survival situation, don’t be surprised when you feel your heart beating quickly or when you find that your emotions are difficult to control. These natural reactions to stress are normal, but it’s important to keep stress responses in check so that a negative stress reaction doesn’t become crippling.
Stressors are the events that lead to stress. Stressors are often unexpected, and they can have a cumulative effect, which makes them even more challenging. Prepare yourself mentally before you find yourself in a survival situation by reading about these common survival stressors and planning your response.
Stressor #1: Outdoor Injury, Illness, or Death
If you are traveling through a remote environment, and either you or someone in your group becomes injured, stress will inevitably become an additional challenge that you face. Physical injury causes stress in the body because it creates a physiological response associated with pain, but it will also cause mental anguish in the forms of fear, anger, and despair.
Advance preparation and planning can help alleviate the [...] Continue Reading…
Originally posted 2013-06-07 19:40:47.