Self evaluation time: How prepared are you to handle a violent encounter?

[Huckleberry]

Old Age and Treachery can overcome Youth and Enthusiasm Every Time

 

[gamer_jim]

How do you overcome fear in a situation and not freeze up to do nothing?

 

[kohburn]

Along those lines, I just found a fascinating article on how the brain deals with "threat" and why different people sense it differently

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/health/research/28brain.html?hp

that IS a fascinating article

 

[Todd v.]

How do you overcome fear in a situation and not freeze up to do nothing?

Desensitization I would think? High stress Training.... Other than that I can't tell ya.

 

[kohburn]

having been put into tough situations so that you can know yourself and how you react is important in that respect.

My personal experience is that adrenaline surge puts me into some sort of auto pilot and whatever I've practiced/trained/etc is performed before I can consciously think about it.
Might sound neat to some, but I consider it more of a liability and work to prevent my brain from triggering that adrenaline surge at all.

I also find activities that get adrenaline pumping and work to stay clear and focused during those times. A lot of those activities can be fun at the same time, downhill mountain biking, rock climbing, paintball. they all help train the brain to make fast decisive choices while under "stress" and usually with a lot of adrenaline pumping.