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Attitude and You: Staying Positive in Times of Crisis
Z-Day has come and you find yourself barricaded in a location that renders you “safe” for the time being. You are alone. You have had to abandon or even kill someone close to you to prevent them from mauling you. You try the tube. Static. You try the radio, with the same result. The feelings of panic and frustration well up inside of you, and you toss the radio in a fit of rage. You calm down just in time to realize the sound of moaning over the static from the television. You peer out your window to realize you are severely outnumbered and surrounded by horrible looking monsters. Your only weapon, a small handgun, holds enough ammo for less than a dozen of them. However, it seems to be an acceptable choice for another way out of the situation you are in. How did it come to this? A more important question to ask yourself is how can I avoid this? It’s quite simple actually, but the loss of hope can prove disastrous to your survival efforts should your situation become as grim as the aforementioned scenario. As the feelings of hopelessness and complete isolation intensify the chances of you being able to cope with them decrease. There are measures that can be taken to increase your ability to cope with a zombie invasion, or any disaster for that matter. For one thing, earplugs can provide you a release from the ever present drone of the zombie moan. While not the best use of resources, a CD-player or your MP3 player can even provide a favorite song that may ease your nerves a bit. However, you could probably put those batteries to better use. A deck of cards gives you something for your hands to play with while you think, which makes sure you aren’t too idle. A book can take your mind off the situation to some extent, and keep your mind going. Reading enough may even help you get to sleep, if you have the light to read by. A notebook and a pen can prove to be a double edged sword, depending on what goes on the paper. Recording your thoughts would likely improve the situation, but writing some pessimistic or gloomy thoughts will not go far towards improving your mood. Whatever you choose to do, keep yourself busy. Keeping your mind on things that need to be done keeps your mind off of the extreme danger and the feelings of isolation and weakness. It also keeps your safe-haven well maintained, and even improved. Work on something long enough, and it can become part of a plan for escape or possibly even killing a large amount of zombies.
Perhaps your greatest ally in the fight for maintaining spirit is optimism. Looking at the bright side of things, no matter how grim the situation, can keep you from cracking long after you may have with a bad attitude. Even if it doesn’t do that much, it will still stop you from the dangers of thinking negatively. Thinking on how you can improve your situation can only do good things for you. It allows you to focus on how to deal with the situation rather than thinking about how hopeless it may be. Developing a plan allows you the opportunity to make goals for yourself, helps you find something that needs to be done around the house, and could ultimately save your life. Being an objective thinker is an excellent way to improve your mood and to open windows towards a solution.
A major thing you should avoid is alcohol. Avoid alcohol at all costs in an ominous environment, especially if you are depressed. Alcohol is a depressant, it slows down your heartbeat, and when enough of it is consumed, will compound your depression. Also, it goes without saying that the use of alcohol will severely impair your judgment and makes for poor decision making. Your mental stature is arguably the most important aspect towards surviving. Being gloomy and depressed can prove deadly in many cases. Keeping positive and keeping busy can’t do any harm towards surviving. If the right steps are taken, you can avoid being negative and keep optimistic through threatening and hopeless situations. Knowing how to think in an emergency can prove imperative to survival. |
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I think this is a very good article. Good job!
Giving yourself daps is unauthorized.
Even if it's a joke because nobody else gave them? I just wanted people to know it was up.
Congrats on another great article.
This was well written and contained a wealth of good advice, excellent work in my opinion. Great job.
I don't give comments to rugby players. ;p
Good job- even if I just skimmed through it.
I plan on reading it more in depth at a later date.
A helpful suggestion (or two): I would strongly advise against the usage of headphones or earplugs as they can prevent one from hearing very important sounds that can serve as warning signs of the potential weakening of ones barricade. This, however, becomes a non-issue if you, as suggested in most Zack survival literature, Built a wall of cinder blocks filled with poles and Concrete or a similarly "Impenetrable" fortress. At which point food, water and waste management become far more pressing matters than a creaky plank or two.
A healthy and, more or less silent, alternative that seems to be unrepresented is exercise. Keeping ones body healthy can instill a feeling of wholeness much like the satisfaction that comes with finishing a large book or completing a difficult project. Notable improvement in ones own body can greatly boost self-esteem and confidence, both of which are invaluable in a setting where one is being constantly reminded of the obvious failures of man kind.
Edited to remove double post. - NIE
Good article. I would like to say i agree with Manic as far as using exercise to keep your self busy. It promotes your own physical condition, stimulates a feeling of well being and if you build yourself a pedal bike generator you can charge batteries, walkie talkies, power tools and battery backups. many of the plans for pedal bike generators can be found online for free. Most are made with spare parts from an empty neighbors garage after z-day or things you can get now cheaply.