Prepper Fear – Don’t Allow Prepping Fear To Misguide You Is prepper fear really a problem? What are preppers afraid of? Are preppers crazy or paranoid? I’m going to get into these questions and more in the next few minutes. Prepper fear can take a number of turns, most of them are not very productive, but some are. Quote by Brian Dee Hawkins Not All Prepper Fear Is Bad Many, if not most of the initial motivations of preppers are based on some degree of fear. Fear can be a motivator when combined with a healthy balance. Fear is probably the single biggest reason mankind developed beyond clubbing rodents with sticks and eating grubs under the bark of fallen trees. Without it, we would have been eaten. Not everyone can go around acting like the honey badger, we’re just not that tough. Today we don’t eat steaming bloated roadkill from the side of the road – we have a healthy fear of what that spoiled meat will do to us. That’s good right? My friend Billy might be the only exception I personally know of. When Prepping Fear Can Misguide Us We’ve all witnessed the panic buying over the last couple of years. Store shelves empty, causing even more fear-driven purchases and decisions. How many people do you think went without because fear wiped out the options? Don’t take my word for it, can you really disagree with an all-knowing Jedi master? “Fear is the path to the dark side … fear leads to anger … anger leads to hate … hate leads to suffering.” Quote by YODA Hey, There Are Good Reasons To Be Scared - various news stories with links -&nbsp; All topped with twenty-four-seven fearmongering and “The end of the world is coming” news updates. Seems like a lot of great reasons to prepare, if you ask me. When Prepper Fear Becomes Unhealthy This is all subjective and opinion-based, but things get unhealthy when our actions cause a dangerous situation, undue stress, unwanted attention, or just make us look like nut jobs (That’s a scientific term). Here Are A Few Examples Of Unhealthy Prepper Fear You’re worried that your home is going to be broken into, so you set up dangerous booby traps to catch the bad guy. Then you find yourself explaining to the judge that you forgot the meter reader sometimes walks up to the house. You are so sure you’re going to catch the covids that you lie and get vaccinated fifteen times. Now you have a growth on the top of your head that seems to have its own heartbeat. And now it looks like it may even be pregnant. You think store shelves are going to dry up forever, so you spend your retirement and go into deep debt to keep a warehouse full of food and supplies. Years later, after most of the food has gone bad, you are working as a Human to Martian interpreter in a local mental hospital. But at least you have a roof over your head. Okay, I’m Sorry. I’ll Try To Be A Little More Serious Afraid Of A Specific Event You’re so sure a particular event is going to happen, you keep reading more about that issue until you become nice and scared. Before you know it, you begin to become obsessed with that one thing. You avoid the more likely, less sexy events like a short-term power outage or a job loss. Then real life happens, and you’re no better off than the people across the street that spent their free time listening to loud music and having friends over for weekend barbecues. Actually, they may be in a better place mentally than you when things do go sideways. You’re So Afraid Of Collapse You’re Convinced Your Neighbors Are Going To Attack You You’re all set for the hoards of people coming to take away your food because you have it buried all over the woods in hidden caches. Then you’re quarantined in your home or a local event has you locked in place for a month and your food is buried outside. Prepper fear got in the way of good judgment. Don’t do that. You’re So Certain Collapse Is Imminent, You Drop Life For Preparedness. Unfortunately, this actually happens. People become so convinced the end is around the corner, they stop paying bills and run up credit cards. This is a drastic response to fear that it could upset life for many years. You Just Discovered Prepping And You’re Afraid For Everyone This is less severe but still worth mentioning. Years ago, I had a friend who discovered the Rush Limbaugh radio show. That’s all he talked about. He’d get angry if you tried to ignore the topic of politics and the evil left. Don’t be like my buddy during his ‘Rush‘ phase. Allow people to live their lives. Not everyone is going to live, eat, and breathe prepping. And they’ll just start avoiding you. How’s my old friend doing now? I have no idea. See how that works? You Just Discovered Prepping And You Have No Time To Do It All Here’s a common one. I was pretty bad myself, actually. We’ve seen the same reaction from many new preppers. They get overwhelmed and want everything right now – a well-stocked pantry, a bugout location, a garden, livestock, backup everything, and a ton of guns. You can see how this can either send someone down a difficult path or cause them to just give up altogether. We could go on all day, but you get the point. Overreacting is dangerous. Tunnel vision is a problem. A well-rounded plan without the prepper fear can keep you and your family safe. To a degree, there’s no such thing as being prepared for everything. And above all, don’t forget to live life and enjoy it from time to time. Otherwise, what’s the point? Let’s Wrap Up With A little Advice Understand where the fear comes from. Our fear may be justified. We need to think things through and let that fear motivate but not dictate. Hey, quick, someone write that down. That’s brilliant. We certainly don’t want prepper fear to paralyze us into doing nothing at all. Find that balance that works for you. First, avoid emerging ourselves in the endless doomsday news and videos. Everything’s going to be okay. Prices are going up, many things are slow to hit the shelves, and it’s going to get a little rough for a bit. Do what you can and don’t panic. Prepper fear is real. It’s that fear that converts many people over to the preparedness mindset. Once we get here, the sooner we get a handle on that prepper fear, the sooner we can take what we learn and help our families. Reading cult-like political posts online or watching end of the world videos isn’t going to help at all. Find like-minded people to talk to. My buddy, Todd, has the best online community for preppers around. It’s a safe and anonymous (If you want to be) email list. I know, I had the same reservations, but email has been working out better than you’d think. Plus, he has bi-weekly Zoom meetings for anyone wanting that type of interaction. Two things about Todd’s Exclusive Prepper Website Email Group. First, he charges just enough to keep the spammers out. That’s important. Second, it’s not always available for joining. There’s a notification list you can sign up for, and he’ll let you know when it’s open again for new members. Last thing – I’m not affiliated with the group other than being a happy member and I get nothing by recommending the list to you other than the satisfaction that I might help you. Ok, let’s move on. Funny, a lot of my posts seem to end with linking to the same few articles. I had no idea they’d become such key steps to survival (see what I did there?) when I was writing them. So here we go: - various links to next survival and prepping links This seems like a good time to ask for your trust and offer you a free subscription to our weekly email list (Not to be confused with Todd’s list mentioned above). You can unsubscribe anytime, and I won’t hammer you with emails. Let's Walk TogetherJoin our weekly email list for up-to-date information on everything survival. Stay safe. Stay prepared.Hawkins Out.

Is prepper fear really a problem? What are preppers afraid of? Are preppers crazy or paranoid? I'm going to get into these questions and more in the next few minutes.

Prepper Fear – Don’t Allow Prepping Fear To Misguide You

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<speak>Prepper Fear – Don’t Allow Prepping Fear To Misguide You<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Is prepper fear really a problem<break time="0.3s"/> What are preppers afraid of<break time="0.3s"/> Are preppers crazy or paranoid<break time="0.3s"/> I’m going to get into these questions and more in the next few minutes.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Prepper fear can take a number of turns<break time="0.1s"/> most of them are not very productive<break time="0.1s"/> but some are<break time="0.5s"/>Quote by Brian Dee Hawkins<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Not All Prepper Fear Is Bad<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Many<break time="0.1s"/> if not most of the initial motivations of preppers are based on some degree of fear<break time="0.5s"/>Fear can be a motivator when combined with a healthy balance.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Fear is probably the single biggest reason mankind developed beyond clubbing rodents with sticks and eating grubs under the bark of fallen trees<break time="0.5s"/>Without it<break time="0.1s"/> we would have been eaten<break time="0.5s"/>Not everyone can go around acting like the honey badger<break time="0.1s"/> we’re just not that tough.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Today we don’t eat steaming bloated roadkill from the side of the road – we have a healthy fear of what that spoiled meat will do to us<break time="0.5s"/>That’s good right<break time="0.3s"/> My friend Billy might be the only exception I personally know of.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>When Prepping Fear Can Misguide Us<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>We’ve all witnessed the panic buying over the last couple of years<break time="0.5s"/>Store shelves empty<break time="0.1s"/> causing even more fear-driven purchases and decisions<break time="0.5s"/>How many people do you think went without because fear wiped out the options<break time="0.3s"/><break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Don’t take my word for it<break time="0.1s"/> can you really disagree with an all-knowing Jedi master<break time="0.3s"/><break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>“Fear is the path to the dark side … fear leads to anger … anger leads to hate … hate leads to suffering.” Quote by YODA<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Hey<break time="0.1s"/> There Are Good Reasons To Be Scared<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>- various news stories with links - <break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>All topped with twenty-four-seven fearmongering and “The end of the world is coming” news updates<break time="0.5s"/>Seems like a lot of great reasons to prepare<break time="0.1s"/> if you ask me.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>When Prepper Fear Becomes Unhealthy<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>This is all subjective and opinion-based<break time="0.1s"/> but things get unhealthy when our actions cause a dangerous situation<break time="0.1s"/> undue stress<break time="0.1s"/> unwanted attention<break time="0.1s"/> or just make us look like nut jobs (That’s a scientific term).<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Here Are A Few Examples Of Unhealthy Prepper Fear<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You’re worried that your home is going to be broken into<break time="0.1s"/> so you set up dangerous booby traps to catch the bad guy<break time="0.5s"/>Then you find yourself explaining to the judge that you forgot the meter reader sometimes walks up to the house.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You are so sure you’re going to catch the covids that you lie and get vaccinated fifteen times<break time="0.5s"/>Now you have a growth on the top of your head that seems to have its own heartbeat<break time="0.5s"/>And now it looks like it may even be pregnant.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You think store shelves are going to dry up forever<break time="0.1s"/> so you spend your retirement and go into deep debt to keep a warehouse full of food and supplies<break time="0.5s"/>Years later<break time="0.1s"/> after most of the food has gone bad<break time="0.1s"/> you are working as a Human to Martian interpreter in a local mental hospital<break time="0.5s"/>But at least you have a roof over your head.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Okay<break time="0.1s"/> I’m Sorry<break time="0.5s"/>I’ll Try To Be A Little More Serious<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Afraid Of A Specific Event<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You’re so sure a particular event is going to happen<break time="0.1s"/> you keep reading more about that issue until you become nice and scared<break time="0.5s"/>Before you know it<break time="0.1s"/> you begin to become obsessed with that one thing.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You avoid the more likely<break time="0.1s"/> less sexy events like a short-term power outage or a job loss.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Then real life happens<break time="0.1s"/> and you’re no better off than the people across the street that spent their free time listening to loud music and having friends over for weekend barbecues.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Actually<break time="0.1s"/> they may be in a better place mentally than you when things do go sideways.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You’re So Afraid Of Collapse You’re Convinced Your Neighbors Are Going To Attack You<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You’re all set for the hoards of people coming to take away your food because you have it buried all over the woods in hidden caches.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Then you’re quarantined in your home or a local event has you locked in place for a month and your food is buried outside<break time="0.5s"/>Prepper fear got in the way of good judgment<break time="0.5s"/>Don’t do that.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You’re So Certain Collapse Is Imminent<break time="0.1s"/> You Drop Life For Preparedness.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Unfortunately<break time="0.1s"/> this actually happens<break time="0.5s"/>People become so convinced the end is around the corner<break time="0.1s"/> they stop paying bills and run up credit cards<break time="0.5s"/>This is a drastic response to fear that it could upset life for many years.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You Just Discovered Prepping And You’re Afraid For Everyone<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>This is less severe but still worth mentioning<break time="0.5s"/>Years ago<break time="0.1s"/> I had a friend who discovered the Rush Limbaugh radio show<break time="0.5s"/>That’s all he talked about<break time="0.5s"/>He’d get angry if you tried to ignore the topic of politics and the evil left.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Don’t be like my buddy during his ‘Rush‘ phase<break time="0.5s"/>Allow people to live their lives<break time="0.5s"/>Not everyone is going to live<break time="0.1s"/> eat<break time="0.1s"/> and breathe prepping<break time="0.5s"/>And they’ll just start avoiding you.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>How’s my old friend doing now<break time="0.3s"/> I have no idea<break time="0.5s"/>See how that works<break time="0.3s"/><break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>You Just Discovered Prepping And You Have No Time To Do It All<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Here’s a common one<break time="0.5s"/>I was pretty bad myself<break time="0.1s"/> actually<break time="0.5s"/>We’ve seen the same reaction from many new preppers<break time="0.5s"/>They get overwhelmed and want everything right now – a well-stocked pantry<break time="0.1s"/> a bugout location<break time="0.1s"/> a garden<break time="0.1s"/> livestock<break time="0.1s"/> backup everything<break time="0.1s"/> and a ton of guns<break time="0.5s"/>You can see how this can either send someone down a difficult path or cause them to just give up altogether.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>We could go on all day<break time="0.1s"/> but you get the point<break time="0.5s"/>Overreacting is dangerous<break time="0.5s"/>Tunnel vision is a problem<break time="0.5s"/>A well-rounded plan without the prepper fear can keep you and your family safe<break time="0.5s"/>To a degree<break time="0.1s"/> there’s no such thing as being prepared for everything.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>And above all<break time="0.1s"/> don’t forget to live life and enjoy it from time to time<break time="0.5s"/>Otherwise<break time="0.1s"/> what’s the point<break time="0.3s"/><break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Let’s Wrap Up With A little Advice<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Understand where the fear comes from<break time="0.5s"/>Our fear may be justified<break time="0.5s"/>We need to think things through and let that fear motivate but not dictate<break time="0.5s"/>Hey<break time="0.1s"/> quick<break time="0.1s"/> someone write that down<break time="0.5s"/>That’s brilliant<break time="0.5s"/>We certainly don’t want prepper fear to paralyze us into doing nothing at all<break time="0.5s"/>Find that balance that works for you.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>First<break time="0.1s"/> avoid emerging ourselves in the endless doomsday news and videos<break time="0.5s"/>Everything’s going to be okay<break time="0.5s"/>Prices are going up<break time="0.1s"/> many things are slow to hit the shelves<break time="0.1s"/> and it’s going to get a little rough for a bit<break time="0.5s"/>Do what you can and don’t panic.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Prepper fear is real<break time="0.5s"/>It’s that fear that converts many people over to the preparedness mindset<break time="0.5s"/>Once we get here<break time="0.1s"/> the sooner we get a handle on that prepper fear<break time="0.1s"/> the sooner we can take what we learn and help our families<break time="0.5s"/>Reading cult-like political posts online or watching end of the world videos isn’t going to help at all.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Find like-minded people to talk to<break time="0.5s"/>My buddy<break time="0.1s"/> Todd<break time="0.1s"/> has the best online community for preppers around<break time="0.5s"/>It’s a safe and anonymous (If you want to be) email list<break time="0.5s"/>I know<break time="0.1s"/> I had the same reservations<break time="0.1s"/> but email has been working out better than you’d think<break time="0.5s"/>Plus<break time="0.1s"/> he has bi-weekly Zoom meetings for anyone wanting that type of interaction.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Two things about Todd’s Exclusive Prepper Website Email Group<break time="0.5s"/>First<break time="0.1s"/> he charges just enough to keep the spammers out<break time="0.5s"/>That’s important<break time="0.5s"/>Second<break time="0.1s"/> it’s not always available for joining<break time="0.5s"/>There’s a notification list you can sign up for<break time="0.1s"/> and he’ll let you know when it’s open again for new members.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Last thing – I’m not affiliated with the group other than being a happy member and I get nothing by recommending the list to you other than the satisfaction that I might help you<break time="0.5s"/>Ok<break time="0.1s"/> let’s move on.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Funny<break time="0.1s"/> a lot of my posts seem to end with linking to the same few articles<break time="0.5s"/>I had no idea they’d become such key steps to survival (see what I did there<break time="0.3s"/>) when I was writing them<break time="0.5s"/>So here we go<break time="0.3s"/><break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>- various links to next survival and prepping links<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>This seems like a good time to ask for your trust and offer you a free subscription to our weekly email list (Not to be confused with Todd’s list mentioned above)<break time="0.5s"/>You can unsubscribe anytime<break time="0.1s"/> and I won’t hammer you with emails.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Let's Walk Together<break time="0.25s"/>Join our weekly email list for up-to-date information on everything survival.<break time="0.25s"/><break time="0.25s"/>Stay safe<break time="0.5s"/>Stay prepared.<break time="0.25s"/>Hawkins Out.<break time="0.25s"/></speak>