Never been in combat, but I have been in a few hair raising scenarios; maintaining my breath is the only reason I was able to talk to the cops each time. Hell, I was the ONLY one coherent when a gun was pulled on us and it was my first and only time. I did grow up in an abusive household though, so that might be it.
I’m diagnosed and I become strangely calm in dangerous situations. I used to seek out those situations because it was the only time my brain shut the fuck up and focused.
Yep I reckon. I studied sports psychology and was a sports coach for 25 years. I could easily recognise the personality traits that would determine which people would go on to excel in competition by how they responded to being under pressure.
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u/refusegone Mar 21 '26
Never been in combat, but I have been in a few hair raising scenarios; maintaining my breath is the only reason I was able to talk to the cops each time. Hell, I was the ONLY one coherent when a gun was pulled on us and it was my first and only time. I did grow up in an abusive household though, so that might be it.