Various day to day irritations when bugging out can have a philosophical effect upon one's attitude. These minor triggers can stimulate extra stress buttons throughout those times which can instigate conflict between yourself and your co-survivalists. For the welfare of the group as a whole it then becomes your duty to adequately deal with the associated stressful circumstances in a style that will triumphantly resolve the dilemma.
Stress linked to your recent bug out can be a outgrowth of mechanical problems, personal disagreements between preppers or simply the fear of what the indefinite future will hold. A great many of these built in stress features are inadvertently implanted in your psyche and must be sensitively dealt with before a successful group bug out can be achieved.
The customary person during a mandatory relocation into the wild may bring with them scores of stress correlated conditions by instilling a vast number of judgments which in turn develops into obligated feelings that the burdens of the bug out are far too sizeable to be properly coped with. It becomes a personal fight between your inner self and your psyche. When these stressful thoughts become elevated to the higher stages you are more likely to develop a series of physical disturbances. This is your body's unconscious method of combating what you perceive as undesirable stress. It is not long before these various physical attributes begin materializing as a vast number of malignant indications include flu like symptoms, colds or coughing spells, headaches or a variety of stomach distress ailments.
If you are aware of the stress related areas that are pressing down on you then you are in a better position to adequately deal with the situation before it gets out of hand. Knowing what these areas are beforehand will allow you to take the proper steps to resolve the stress issue immediately.
These areas start with situations which involve specific bug out details. Perhaps you may be feeling that too much responsibility is being placed upon your shoulders. This area embraces the bug out requirements that are actually occurring. Maybe you are working too long and hard to get everything secured at the retreat location. You should assign tasks to the various members of the group. Don't try to handle every aspect of the bug out by yourself. I once need an individual who did just that. He felt that without him doing it the task would not be completed in the manner that he expected. The poor man died of an early death.
The second issue involves the area of unusual surrounding. You are now trying to set up home in an unusual location. Nothing around you is familiar and this can be annoying. Of particular interest here are the noise levels. If the level of activity reaches a certain db it often triggers additional stress nodes.
The problem of unreasonable demands whether those demands are placed on you by the group or by yourself result in exceptionally high levels of stress being created. Don't expect to accomplish everything your first day at the retreat. Our infrastructure did not deteriorate to the point where it is in only a day or two therefore you can not duplicate a mini-society in that short span of time either.
Now that we have identified some of the stress generating factors let's briefly consider how we can effectively deal with those types of issues. Often times the person in charge fails to consider the one important aspect that could perhaps eliminate the majority of the stress coming from bugging out. That simple remedy is to consult with the rest of the group. No one is really in charge of a bug out group we only have someone who is leading. This is still a community activity. Sit down with the others and explain how you are feeling. You would be surprised to find that many of the others have similar feelings as well.
Sort out areas of responsibilities and define what is expected within each tasks framework. Detail what the various missions will entail and keep to that prognosis. Let it be known that if anyone feels that they can not complete their assignment in the time frame provided inform the others. Additional manpower could easily be placed in that area to expedite the completion. Just knowing this fact can perhaps eliminate many potential stressful issues.
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By Joseph Parish
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