Mental most definately.

I have seen fine physical specimens fade away in hours and I have seen some fragile and frail people who you wouldnt expect to see the night out have a 'new lease of life' and go on to a full recovery and healthy life.

The Mind is a powerful thing and very misunderstood and unknown force.

Nice to hear you descirbe it that way Dan I Know I've had that feeling before, its not always there but in the some bad situations thats the kind of feeling I've had.

Hopefully in a sitX that feeling would come again.

You have a way with words!

Originally posted by fred3110where do you think that will to live comes from? Could it be mental/physical or is it different for each person?

Personally?
Curiosity.What would happen IF...

I was fairly odd as a teen and the curiosity to see 'the next world' was almost overwhelming.making me consider very crazy things.
Fortunately curiosity for THIS world..one I hadn't even seen,took over.

Over 40 countries and I STILL don't think I've seen Jack..u kno who.

Near death experiences have also spurred on a different desire to take life to the limit..

After lying in a road with all my lovely red stuff running down a gutter after a M-bike crash I never realised how many stars were out there too..and I'd never seen what they were like from the other side of the world.

I still took the time to laugh at the other hospital 'visitors'.. maybe that was the morphine though..wowza..good stuff..

I NEVER for a moment considered 'quitting'..
I just asked if I still had my incredible good looks left.. or were they attached to the gravel road in Greece.

For some it has to be thoughts of family too..or responsibilities to someone else.

I'll drag 'survivor man' along too! dammit dude, if theres one place on earth thats a 99% death rate, its there.

I have never, ever researched or read about an area that sounds so lush turn out to be so damn deadly.

How do the natives do it? they drink fish eyes. uhh huh, fish eyes and turtle blood. Kid you not.

Originally posted by Dan Tanna
Thanks Fred, but some times the words are a bit stinging and flow too freely and get me into a whole world of bother! lol.

lol that reminds me of something my mams always said to me...sometimes the truth hurts so dont sugar coat it just tell it how its.

Great advice even though sometimes it does get you into a world of bother!

Originally posted by LeeHawt
Whats the point?

If you seriously have to ask that question you should not be in the survival forums.

most of us here in the US have become bottom feeders.

You are wrong Most of the people are good honest hard working people, but the old expression goes the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Most of the good people are being quite because to many people ask them whats the point. they get sick of hearing it so they stay quite and out of the way.

Like a darkness filling my heart I hope for the death of many of the trash of humanity.

Seriously why are you in the survival forums. In the survival forums we hold life dear not the death of what you consider zombie masses. So are you the type who thinks you are above those same masses. That you among all the billions deserve to live and the rest deserve to die?

Originally posted by angryamerican

Originally posted by LeeHawt
Whats the point?

If you seriously have to ask that question you should not be in the survival forums.

most of us here in the US have become bottom feeders.

You are wrong Most of the people are good honest hard working people, but the old expression goes the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Most of the good people are being quite because to many people ask them whats the point. they get sick of hearing it so they stay quite and out of the way.

Like a darkness filling my heart I hope for the death of many of the trash of humanity.

Seriously why are you in the survival forums. In the survival forums we hold life dear not the death of what you consider zombie masses. So are you the type who thinks you are above those same masses. That you among all the billions deserve to live and the rest deserve to die?

This post was on the main page, that is where i stumbled upon it not in the survival forums. Anyways what are you trying to survive from? the income economic collapse of the US financial system, that only marks an end to the the united states as we know it. Some frantic people will die, but this is not my concern, what is to come for the chaos is the North American Union. There will be order, I sincerely believe unfortunately the fascist government will no allow people to live out side of the grid.

I am in Texas at the moment, near Houston i live in the woodlands an upper middle class suburban village ,that will incorporate to become a city in 2011. There are so many cameras popping up all around us at all the intersections, many do not take note. I see what is going on and understand that the woodlands and many other places are test beds for the surveillance grids.

If one truly has the will to survive, I think the only tools you really need are your mind and your two hands. A good knife would help as well. Do I have truly have the will to survive? I don't know, I've never found myself in a life or death situation. Whenever we have a tornado warning around here, or even a watch, many of my friends try to go storm chasing while I find the nearest shelter. I think that has more to do with how they and I perceive the seriousness of such a situation.

I've never been in a real fight. I've been close, but when fight or flight has kicked in, I've always flown like the wind. I'd rather be called a wussy than be called a statistic. I can't even say I know how I'd react in a kill or be killed situation. I don't want to die, but I don't want to kill another human being either. In any case, unless a person has all ready experienced a life or death situation and is here to talk about it, no one really knows how strong their will to survive is until that day comes.

I would think anyone preparing for survival situations is already showing their desire to live, and is already addressing the coming hardships in their mind beforehand through the simple act of getting prepared. Being prepared is going to take 90% of the stress out of the situation mentally when the S does hit the Fan, having the confidence and knowledge that you are prepared. Somebody with a few months of food and water stored up is going to be able to deal with the situation a LOT better than somebody caught unawares.

Survival is easy. Just watch one of those survival reality TV shows and do absolutely NOTHING they do. Do everything that you know would make the show intensly boring!

On the bright side all those folks that you want to punch from these shows will never survive. Ahh what a pleasant world that will be.....

Originally posted by malcr
Survival is easy. Just watch one of those survival reality TV shows and do absolutely NOTHING they do. Do everything that you know would make the show intensly boring!

On the bright side all those folks that you want to punch from these shows will never survive. Ahh what a pleasant world that will be.....

Why bother demeaning yourself with such stupidity? Just leave the forum alone if you don't like the topic.