End of world anxiety — bringing peace to the bunker!

Survivalist planning is by no means a new phenomenon. In fact, people have been doomsday prepping since The Cold War era where civil defense programs promoted public atomic bomb shelters and training for children, such as the Duck and Cover films.

The Shit Hit The Fan (SHTF) community does a great job of listing essentials for survival but what about the most essential tool of all? A clear and steady mind. One could argue that this is the most important tool of survival.

This is because unmanaged stress and anxiety can lead to serious health risks. While temporary stress may prove to be beneficial when assisting with a particular task or saving one’s life through fight or flight. Stress experienced over prolonged periods of time, may contribute to long-term problems for blood vessels and heart. The constant increase in heart rate, along with the high levels of stress hormones and blood pressure, has detrimental effects on the body such as hypertension, heart attack or stroke.

I think we can all agree that forever foods don’t really matter if were not alive to eat them.

The current state of the world has many preparing for the worst and worrying about safety, finances, health and fate of the world. This constant worry and stress can lead to anxiety, affecting brain chemistry and daily life.

So what do we do?

We deal with stress and anxiety the way we always have. We binge-watch our favorite T.V. shows.

No, seriously…after we’ve organized the pantry and packed the bug-out bag, it’s better to take our minds off the situation by means of entertainment. We should be laughing, dancing and reading our favorite books.

Think about it…the end of the world could mean our impending doom but stressing over the end of the world could mean our impending doom.

We need to discover useful ways of dealing with this stress together.

Perhaps a change of perspective is needed!