lofwyr
11-06-19, 15:53
I am not sure what the status here is about sharing links to articles, so I won't add it yet, but read something interesting about people with anxiety and depression. In a study they put people with diagnosed anxiety and depression into emergency situations and found they performed very well.
It got me thinking about my own life over the years. I have the dubious honor of being in the presence of a lot of car accidents, heart attacks, severe wounds and trauma over the years. Just the wrong place at the wrong time. I noticed I was always ready to go, very cool and calm under severe pressure, and functioned very well administering first aid, even in very bad injuries like a compound fracture of the lower leg. Splinting etc, no problem at all. Everything just clicked into place, no sign of anxiety while dealing with really bad situations. Same with military training. While never in combat, harsh training conditions and severe leadership decisions with potentially bad consequences never bothered me. You have something to do, you do it.
But ask me over the years to speak in a crowd, and the situation is much, much different. I am largely over my public speaking fear now, but that was because I had to do it a lot, not because I didn't feel fear.
So, do the rest of you have similar experiences? In spite of being a health worrier in the past, I am really good in dealing with emergency trauma, bleeding etc. It seems counter intuitive to me, and if it is okay to post the article I will.
Just thought it might be nice to have a silver lining for folks. Maybe anxiety has its uses, if we are going to be stuck with it anyway. ;-)
It got me thinking about my own life over the years. I have the dubious honor of being in the presence of a lot of car accidents, heart attacks, severe wounds and trauma over the years. Just the wrong place at the wrong time. I noticed I was always ready to go, very cool and calm under severe pressure, and functioned very well administering first aid, even in very bad injuries like a compound fracture of the lower leg. Splinting etc, no problem at all. Everything just clicked into place, no sign of anxiety while dealing with really bad situations. Same with military training. While never in combat, harsh training conditions and severe leadership decisions with potentially bad consequences never bothered me. You have something to do, you do it.
But ask me over the years to speak in a crowd, and the situation is much, much different. I am largely over my public speaking fear now, but that was because I had to do it a lot, not because I didn't feel fear.
So, do the rest of you have similar experiences? In spite of being a health worrier in the past, I am really good in dealing with emergency trauma, bleeding etc. It seems counter intuitive to me, and if it is okay to post the article I will.
Just thought it might be nice to have a silver lining for folks. Maybe anxiety has its uses, if we are going to be stuck with it anyway. ;-)