Are you calm and collected? Do you faint, scream, or throw up? What if it was something serious, like a mouse running across the kitchen floor and you're in bare feet?
@checkoutanytime I bet the first time you heard the primal scream you immediately grabbed your 357 thinking it was a human intruder. Now it is like, "(sigh) where's my house slippers?"
I’m pretty unfazed by most things. People say I’m insanely calm. The only thing that really ever got to me was childbirth. The stress and blood just wasn’t for me. I had to sit down and have a drink with some sugar in it to offset my lightheadedness.
@Reject people say, "get a grip" then don't know how to deal when you actually do.
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I used to think I'd freeze up, but have been proven to act as one is supposed to on 3 different occations.
Fire = get everyone out Medical emergency = got help while calling the ambulance and giving them the info needed without panicking. Car crash = make sure everyone involved is ok before checking the vehicle for damage.
I would make a terrible doctor. I can handle my own blood but seeing someone else hurt or bleeding puts me into a spin. Took everything in me to remain calm when my son cracked his head roller skating and needed stitches. Head wounds bleed so much.
@SW-User it's been said that when your first child gets a nosebleed you take them to the ER. When the third one does it you scream, "Don't bleed on the carpet!"
@Punches I have found that 9-1-1 operators sometimes don't understand when someone calls and is all calm. Like they don't take it seriously if there isn't someone screaming in the background!
@GerOttman The times I have had to call it was either something that did not involve me, like if I saw a car accident or if it was an emergency that did not happen suddenly, like someone needing transported to the hospital but they couldn't just get into a car on their own.
I always stay calm in a crisis and think clearly.It is one of my attributes.I'm great at problem solving.
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I thought I'd faint but there is this unseen power that comes out of the blue to help me stay calm. I've experienced it in situations where my loved ones where in danger.
As for the casual stuff like the one you mentioned yeah I might act dumb 🙂