tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post8792822956861651020..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: The Psychology of SurvivalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-5455631412462376182010-08-30T22:09:49.101-04:002010-08-30T22:09:49.101-04:00I like to think I'm pretty tough psychological...I like to think I'm pretty tough psychologically but the thought of being trapped like those Chilean miners gives me the creeps. That's a survival situation that scare's the heck out of me but drop me into the wilderness alone and able to see the big sky and I'd be OK. Trapped miners have nothing to do whereas wilderness survival would keep you busy. They're very different ordealsDarcy@ Survival Skillshttp://learnoutdoorsurvivalskills.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-42198981095023810782010-08-29T00:36:13.029-04:002010-08-29T00:36:13.029-04:00Watch "The Colony" on the Discovery Chan...Watch "The Colony" on the Discovery Channel for an interest experiment in the psychology of survival.Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-10221110430878793432010-08-23T21:53:53.166-04:002010-08-23T21:53:53.166-04:00My own therapist comments frequently on my 'su...My own therapist comments frequently on my 'survival skills', in the non death by impalement sense. I'm curious as to how psychiatrists differentiate. Is there much difference between someone trapped in a cave for days and someone who survived an emotionally abusive household for 18 years? Is one better than the other? Same skills, different skills?Nataliehttp://www.keychangesmusictherapy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-56889070118777417762010-08-23T15:37:48.499-04:002010-08-23T15:37:48.499-04:00I asked my psychologist once, if I'm so terrif...I asked my psychologist once, if I'm so terrified by disasters, why am I so drawn to disaster movies and books, and he says it's because people are often drawn to that which they are most afraid of. I guess it's like horror movies, except I HATE those, ugh. And while I like the special effects of disaster movies, it's more about how the people react (ok, the special effects ARE cool, as long as they keep the gore and burning people down) to the situations they are in, like in War of the Worlds, the contrasts to how the different people handle what may seem unhandle-able is quite interesting to me. Some try to "dig in", quite literally, and others try to face the aliens, and others run, others fight over resources like cars, etcetera. Others, like the main "hero", have a goal, getting child(ren) from point A to point B. While the world is coming to pieces around you.<br /><br />Interesting stuff.<br /><br />Currently reading a book called "Eater" about an intelligent black hole that heads earth's way and thinks it is doing us a favor by sucking us up. Or trying to. How do you "fight" a black hole, let alone an intelligent one, anyway? Heh. I've read it before, it's a good one, despite the implausible premise, heh. Now there's a disaster novel on a large scale. I think they even bring in some shrinks to talk to the thing, I forget, to figure out its' psychology, been awhile since I read it.<br /><br />Or then there's Moonseed, where dust is brought back from the moon and starts to eat away at the earth . . . that's a good one too. Would make a good movie!Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-11717599847419390642010-08-23T14:37:46.136-04:002010-08-23T14:37:46.136-04:00Victor Frankl's book, "Man's Search f...Victor Frankl's book, "Man's Search for Meaning" posits similar ideas and the tales of survival he writes of are mindnumbingly touching, devastatingly sad intensely inspiring all at the same time. Worth the read.<br /><br />On a personal note, my depression makes it impossible for me to either see into the future, or even worse, to even want to see a future. Why would I (why would anyone) want a future with this much suffering?Aquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230285017033299419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-16515146368845284482010-08-23T13:21:10.935-04:002010-08-23T13:21:10.935-04:00Sitting in a prison cell for several years seems l...<b><i>Sitting in a prison cell for several years seems like nothing compared to surviving a high altitude mountain disaster, but I think there are some principles that apply in both cases. The prisoners who do well are the ones who are future-oriented and determined to "work the time" for self-improvement. They have external family they care about and plan to return to. And yes, previous prison experience helps too.</i></b><br /><br />I'd take this one step further, clink, and suggest that once I overcame my own obstacles and became future oriented, I was able to "work the time". Previous mental illness experience optional.Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897760883997811787noreply@blogger.com