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I'm actually one of those odd people in that I am very calm in a crisis, I will get through it almost emotionless, people will wonder if I'm even "there"....then afterward I will curl up in a ball and "lose it", problem is there is no telling when the "afterward" is, it might be after the danger but while I'm suppose to be talking to an officer about what happened, or several hours later....there's no telling....

The Annoyed Man wrote:

texanjoker wrote:There is nothing wrong with getting the heck out of dodge or making a "tactical retreat."

....and if you need to save face, you can always call it a "retrograde advance."

love it!!!!

I didn't run away squealing when I saw that rattlesnake, I made a "retrograde advance" with warning noises for everyone else in the park

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.