Brain-Freeze

Remember eating ice cream and getting a "brain-freeze" or instant headache from the cold treat? That's not the brain-freeze I'm talking about. This one is about automatically and immediately responding to certain circumstances. This is part of preparing for emergencies. After you are faced with an emergency is not the time to get a book out to read about what to do. It is good training to visualize your responses to emergencies way before you are faced with them. The Preparedness Pro has a great post on this subject that I wanted to share with you.

There is a book called, "Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things," by Laurence Gonzales, that explains how we often don't realize that we are in danger even when we see it. Mr. Gonzales also has another book along the same line called, "Deep Survival." One example he gives of this phenomenon in the second book, is where a skier is skiing down a slope and touches off an avalanche. His three buddies are at the bottom of the mountain. They see the avalanche coming down towards them and two ski away. The third one just stands there, on his skis, and watches the avalanche. It reaches the man, covers him with snow and kills him. The question Mr. Gonzales answers is why did two leave and the one not. These books can be a real eye-opener. We need to practice so our bodies will instinctively react in our best interest.