Mine occured many years ago when I came home to find my house burglerized. The front door was kicked in and the house ransacked. As I went to bed knowing the front door was impossible to lock and there was no one or nothing to warn me if they came back.... I realized I could be violent rather than victimized. In a single moment, the line between "turn the other cheek" and "better you than me" formed and I knew I would defend my home and myself.
To the OP, think about your situation with the bobcat and train yourself to respond to animal threats. As you practise and research the scenario, your "fear" will diminish and your "awareness" will increase.
Happy Trails! N
SewTexas wrote:First - freezing is a perfectly normal reaction...don't worry about that. sometimes your brain has to process what you're seeing, and figure out what to do, I bet you weren't standing there for as long as you think.
Second - guns entered my daily life when I was a fairly young mom. We had just moved to the country and suddenly I had a toddler, was living in the country and my husband was leaving town for a week!!! Uhhhh, NOOOOOO!!! take me back to Cali, thank you very much
over the next few nights I had nightmares about a badguy climbing thru my baby's window...
each night I was able to get further into the scenario, ie, the first night I could just get to her door and scream, the second night I grabbed my husband's gun but did nothing but scream....
Finally the 3rd night (he was leaving the next morning) I took the gun pointed it at the bg as he was climbing into the window and said something I can't even remember any more but it seems ba at the time and shot him.....and woke up.
And never had the dream again, because I knew I could do it if I had to to protect my baby
Basically what I'm saying is, at some point your mind will figure out what you need to do to take care of you, be ready. I hope I've helped and haven't confused you even more.