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There is a psychology to surviving a disaster. A disaster essentially removes you and your family from your everyday reality and places you in an extreme reality. This alternate reality stresses you to the max and can jeopardize your decision making
[image source: invenioit-com] process. These stresses produce thoughts and emotions which can render you completely paralyzed; a deer in the headlights. It is important to understand the nature of stress, how you naturally would react and how you might react better so that you are more effective when you need it most.
The Nature of Stress
The nature of stress is described as our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual reaction to pressures. Stress effects our brain and nervous system, heart, stomach, pancreas, intestines, reproductive system, joints and muscles. We do need stress.
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